Spring: Colour Script to Final Frame
Spring moves from cold greys to warm greens, and every shot knows where it sits on that journey.
What to watch for
The first version of anything is a question, not an answer. Treating it that way makes feedback easier to give and much easier to hear.
The finished piece rarely looks like the plan. That is fine; the plan was only there to get us started.
Deadlines help, but only when they are real. A deadline that everyone knows will slip is just a date on a calendar.
The film is released under a Creative Commons licence, so you can download it, study it, and share it freely.
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Comments · 7
Lovely write-up. The part about reading aloud is so true; I catch half my mistakes that way.
Portra 400 for most of them, and one roll of HP5 for the evening shots.
Thanks so much! Let us know how it goes.
Good question. We will cover that in a follow-up soon.
Glad it helped. The second pass is where it really clicks.
I tried this on a client project last month and it saved us at least two review rounds.
Thank you for including the code. I adapted it for our docs site in about ten minutes.