Hi,
I am in post on a short film I produced. There is a slight problem in one shot of a scene where a small piece of light-colored clothing folded over a dark suit sleeve, and now it messes up the continuity from the previous shot. I have been told that there is software for fixing something like this by kind of "erasing" the offending light fabric from the sleeve. Does anyone know of a qualified digital person in the NJ/NY area who is reliable and reasonably priced that I can contact?
Thanks
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Uh oh! Maybe create a post in the jobs board, specifically for sfx/color correction to see if you can reach more of the post production crew! Good luck!
OK, thanks
Well it usually depends on what you're trying to retouch out of a shot and of course a lot can be done but it depends on how much work is needed.
I've had situations where we've retouched lights out of shots and done face corrections, but the more motion there is and the more rotation and layering the tougher it gets.
I wish you had posted at last a picture or a video of the shot and I could have given you a lot more advice.
But in short I've noticed that small continuity stuff get's away from us always and it usually doesn't pay of to take care of these types of errors and just leaving them doesn't make much of a difference, since most viewers won't even notice.
I actually posted something about continuity in the cinematography lounge once. Here it is:
https://www.stage32.com/lounge/cinematography/Continuity-and-breaking-th...
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Ken Schwarz Frankly... this seems like a small thing and if this is actually ruining the scene, then there is something wrong with the performance or the story. You are worrying about the wrong thing. On the other hand, any competent editor can use after effects to track and mask a small section, and change it's contrast/color characteristics.
I had the same thought as Shadow Dragu-Mihai, Esq., Ipg - as described, this seems not important. How much of the frame does this take up? Is it an insert and this is all we see? Or is it only taking up one quadrant of the frame?
One quadrant, but the very light fabric against the very dark makes it more noticeable
There are plenty of major motion pictures that had huge glaring continuity issues (Pretty Woman - Richard Gear's tie is tied in all the shots when he is lying in the bed talking to Julia Roberts and then suddenly, it is lossened and his shirt is open then it goes back to his tie being tied up for the rest of the scene) and the filmmakers just learn to live with it. I see all kinds of countinuity issues all the time. I mean, when an interior doesn't match the exterior, it annoys me, but I learn to live with it as long as the story and acting has me engrossed and engaged.
So many filmmakers focus on such little insignificant details such as that. If they focused more on their storytelling and less on how polished their film is, the mistakes can be forgiven and overlooked.
I've a team of VFX artists, who can work on very tricky shots... I'm sure, this is doable. Give us an opportunity, and we'll not let you down. Take care.