Color Grading from Scratch: Technique and Narrative
Course final project
A course by Cassiana Umetsu , Colorist
About the final project for: Color Grading from Scratch: Technique and Narrative
Color Grading from Scratch: Technique and Narrative
“Thank you so much for being here with me! I hope you enjoyed our journey and that you were inspired to carry out new projects. To make organizing your project easier, I've prepared this list of essential steps: • Choose and download scenes preferably with different cameras. • Assemble your mood board. • Perform the Conforming and prepare the project. • Perform color correction and color grading. • Export in suitable formats.




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“Final project Thanks for making it this far. In this class, I will also talk about the job market. A common question that you might have too that's how the color grading market works. This is a very large market, which involves several types of projects. During the course, I talked a lot about big productions, but color grading works on any project, from your Reel on Instagram, or your post, or your movie, or your wedding video, or what he filmed with his cousin. Whenever you edit your image after you've recorded it's color grading. In fact, Instagram is an application that was made on this...”
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Course summary for: Color Grading from Scratch: Technique and Narrative
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Category
Photography & Video -
Areas
Audiovisual Post-production, Color Correction

Cassiana Umetsu
A course by Cassiana Umetsu
As an audiovisual post-production professional and colorist, Cassiana Umetsu translates subjective ideas into a coherent aesthetic based on colors, contrasts, and nuances. With a degree in cinema from Brasília and qualifications from studies in New York, she has worked on projects for Netflix, Amazon Studios, Disney+, O2, Globo, and Vector Zero. She has also acted in music videos for artists such as Anitta and Letrux as well as in advertising campaigns for brands such as Coca-Cola, Microsoft, and Volkswagen.
In addition, Cassiana has collaborated with her unique sensitivity and technique in the post-production of films recognized by critics, including the short film Seiva Bruta, which was preselected for the 2022 Oscars, and the feature film Babenco, awarded at the Venice Film Festival. Other works that have marked her career are Música para morrer de amor, Medus, O ponto firme, A Batalha de Shangri-lá, and Abestalhados 2.
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