Filming for Beginners
Formats and color
A course by Yeray Martín Perdomo , Director of photography
Joined September 2012
About the video: Formats and color
Overview
“In this lesson we are going to talk about the different types of image capture formats. We will talk about the white balance, as well as the different color curves, we will see a bit of the logarithmic mode that some cameras have today and what the Luts are. ”
In this video lesson Yeray Martín Perdomo addresses the topic: Formats and color, which is part of the Domestika online course: Filming for Beginners. Learn video techniques and create professional-grade projects using DaVinci Resolve.
Partial transcription of the video
“Formats and color In this lesson we will talk about formats and color. We will talk first about the formats and image capture. Then we will talk about the color, the white balance mode and what types of white balance there are. Finally, we will talk about the color curves that we can find, among them the logarithmic mode, the LUTs, etc. I will talk first about the formats. I won't tell you all but I made a small selection because there are many. The first is H.264, a fairly well-known format which is a high compression video codec, It means we have quite compressed video As for color, infor...”
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Course summary for: Filming for Beginners
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Film, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking

Yeray Martín Perdomo
A course by Yeray Martín Perdomo
Yeray is a cinematographer, although he also produces and directs documentaries. He has filmed in more than fifty countries and has participated in productions for advertising, television and film, including Amazon and National Geographic.
Recently, he has participated in the documentary Manolo Sanlúcar, the legacy, nominated for eight nominations for the Goya 2020 Awards.
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