I feel like the look from the original Top Gun was one of the things that made that film iconic, especially those straight up orange sunrise scenes with the jets. It really immersed you in the story.
14:49 I love the fact that the fire from the engine is so less saturated, but still it pops, it's so much separated. Love the way how it's greaded. Awesome video as always.❤️
Hey Waqas Qazi! I noticed that this warm color grade is extremely similar to when you're wearing aviator glasses in real life! So cool! I have no idea if that was intentional, but if it was, that was absolutely genius!!!
Really enjoyed hearing your take on a modern digital combo of cinematography/grading vs a film-captured and timed movie. I also really enjoyed hearing your thoughts on pushing a grade and the type of feedback you get from clients--that's great information!
There is an indescribable contrasty crispiness in older celluloid films that I'm afraid is lost forever in creamy, softer looking digital films.Some new films like Joker or Once Upon a Time in Hollywood get closer but not quite
@@theqazman whether is was the sharpness or the grain I don’t know. I specially love how you could clearly see sweat drops on people ‘s skins in movies like Apocalypse now or Top Gun itself, and the highlights are so sharp it’s insane
Who knows what Top Gun looked like in theaters. These modern releases of older movies have been regraded to some extent, or maybe to a great extent. It’s like all of the different releases of the Matrix and LotR. They look different with one release being very green and another much less so.
Love this format!! Very cool to see the comparison to the original movie. Enjoyed your take on where the trends are now. Excited to do this more on my own just like this
The more 'close to real-life' grade makes sense in the context of them actually filming with and inside real figher jets. They wanted to give you that real experience throughout. It's almost a 'cinematic' documentary. I can respect that despite me always preferring a more punchy look usually. Also a fun thought, they really went crazy with filters too on the cameras in the first top gun. Lots of gradient filters were used to give those amazing sun set shots. Compared to relatively modern lenses and maybe an ND and blackmist here and there.
Absolutly love it! Entertaining and informative at the same time. Agree with you on the content, no "better" choice just evolution and different tastes.
I use greens and yellows together a lot to get that creamy filmic cinematic look its a look thats becoming very popular and dare i say it could very well take over the Teal And orange look soon :) i'm a avid and huge TopGun fan so i have so many expectations of this movie especialy if they will be able to duplicte tht relism cinematogrphy affect of the first movie when they are in the cockpit and the view switches to a side camera view the camera jerks trying to keep the plane on purpose to give the audience the experience they were in the cockpit if that makes sense i do hope they can emulate that cinematography from the original :))) wow i wonder if we can get a negative emulater LUT for this movie?
I love this new format, we know the tools by now, but the analysis is a step higher into concepts / art / choices made :D This is exactly what I am searching for : training my eyes! An idea would be to analyze other types of images as well, like paintings, photos, etc. Thanks for your videos 🙏🏻
I can't avoid using cyan and greenish look in my gradings just like all films today and yet I'm sick of it at the same time. Like I look back at movies like T2, Jurassic Park 1, etc and I find those old school gradings incredible, crisp in different in between (T2 is blue steel, JP1 is warmy amber, and so on). I like when modern films and TV shows can skip the teal-orange , green / cyanish look and come up with alternatives just like older films used to have.
New one looks like bad white balanced log compared to the original real film thing. The emotional result is original is so uplifting and over the top. The move is TOP gun!
17:13 That eastman film is hard to beat. I wish the movie had been filmed on that. Modern film colograding kinda looks pale, whereas old film looks alive. The Darkstar scene grade looked much better though.
Dope! For the Masterclass and an absolute beginner, would the Avid Artist Color still be a viable option with DaVinci Resolve as a newbie & would you still suggest a keyboard (Stream Deck XL) with Avid Artist Color (if it's still viable?)
I think the reason that there is more saturation in the skin tones on the original is that it was shot on film and not just any ordinary film stock, but the greatest film stock ever which was Eastman 5247. This film is the look of the movies, Rocky, ET, Apocalypse Now, Raiders of the lost Ark, and on and on. I'm sorry, but there is only so much grading can do. Film is film. Nothing else gives the lovely thick color in skin tones. And Top Gun is before digital color grading, that grade is all printer lights only. No power windows.
Can you breakdown the 'Scam 1992' The Harshad Mehta Story, breakdown, cause that look is just awesome. It creates a vintage style look as you would expect because the story is of the year 1992, and it is available on SonyLiv. Please do it, i am interested.
This video just made me wonder if you have a very special tv or movie projector to watch films in your home as close as intended. It drives nuts when the colors on my projector don’t match the movies from my laptop.
Great vid dude! I pick the idea, the new top Gun almost doesn't look graded, to me looks like the decision was made to use vanice's original color, it is very nice but, almost no graded... interesting. keep doing this vids man!
I am so confused because when I saw this movie in Imax theatres it looked very warm and a little vibrant. Is it possible that the movie's colors may be different when viewed through a different format like IMAX?
Hello sir. I have a request if I may. Could you give a breakdown about what specifically Davinci resolve can do in terms of color grading that other softwares cannot? Is the difference moreso in the final output of the image or the is it just that it has tools that make it easier for a colorist? If the image could you please show for example... This is the best I could get it to look in Adobe or avid.... And in comparison this is what I can do in Davinci. That would help me understand a little better. Thank you sir
Dude i wish i could afford your master class, what can i say..... its a paradox i need your masterclass to be able to get earning the money i need to take your masterclass haha :)
😂 I hear you. That's why I have a payment plan and that's why man created credit cards. You're not blowing your money on a night out or a fancy car. You're investing in yourself. Do it.
I'm glad to be introduced to Stefan Sonnenfeld. Now I know who is responsible for the look that took over Hollywood that I personally hate. 😆 Seriously the Jurassic World grade makes my eyes bleed. That teal and orange overload stops me from believing in the world when I really want to. Just my taste, no reflection on his talent. Maverick looks not so bad.
I think he didn't pushed that much to gives us a feeling of a nostalgic movie... you know Top Gun is from the 80s and most of the movies that time were "less saturated"
@@theqazman for real? I agree about the contrast but idk… about the saturation I really think its less saturates than nowadays movies. Could you do a video comparisson with older look vs nowadays looks? Love ur content and learned a lot from you. Cheers from Brazil mate 🎉
I don't get how you do a sequel that doesn't look like it's part of the same world. Also Sony Venice footage leans towards yellow by itself. Finally, I got a way different vibe from the newest trailer in comparison to the older ones (like the one you compared)
@@theqazman specially with all the changes the films have gone through with digitalizing and the latest 4k version which changed a lot of the shots color grading as well
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I just hate colours of new Top Gun. So we have 100k USD film cameras, with millions of colours and in the end we're putting yellow mask on everything. It doesnt make film any better, why they dont understand this? I have changed colours using levels, and it is so much nicer to my eye :D
That scene at the begining on the aircraft crrier i have always said to people it's DoP P*rn so so beutiful something i honestly believe can not be created now in this digital age.... :(
Well finally i watched the while movie. I guess Maverick in several scenes and shots is really too pushed in grading... dont like this trend in my taste enough embarassing in contemporary grading style
I love that you're trying to respect the grade on the new movie but at the same time you just can't help but appreciate the original much more because IT IS WAY FUCKING BETTER. The new one looks so BORING and FLAT that I don't even want to see it. I hate the way movies looks now. They all look the same.
It's just fashion. You could make the new look like the old one but it would feel old-fashioned and artificial to most people. What they are looking for is a more modern, more realistic look to make the story feel more real.
I love this format. Do more breakdowns.
Will do. 😀
I feel like the look from the original Top Gun was one of the things that made that film iconic, especially those straight up orange sunrise scenes with the jets. It really immersed you in the story.
I agree
!MAN! you are so PASSIONATE about your art!! it's exhilarating! I'm supposed to work.. but cant help listing to more- and more of your stuff!!
14:49 I love the fact that the fire from the engine is so less saturated, but still it pops, it's so much separated.
Love the way how it's greaded.
Awesome video as always.❤️
Hey Waqas Qazi! I noticed that this warm color grade is extremely similar to when you're wearing aviator glasses in real life! So cool! I have no idea if that was intentional, but if it was, that was absolutely genius!!!
I don't know anything about cinematography, but it's very interesting to see how colour grading trends have changed since the 80s.
“I’ll take this dirt” 😂 love ya Qaz man
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Really enjoyed hearing your take on a modern digital combo of cinematography/grading vs a film-captured and timed movie. I also really enjoyed hearing your thoughts on pushing a grade and the type of feedback you get from clients--that's great information!
Appreciate the love, brother.
There is an indescribable contrasty crispiness in older celluloid films that I'm afraid is lost forever in creamy, softer looking digital films.Some new films like Joker or Once Upon a Time in Hollywood get closer but not quite
Couldn't agree more and I'm a sucker for that as well.
@@theqazman whether is was the sharpness or the grain I don’t know. I specially love how you could clearly see sweat drops on people ‘s skins in movies like Apocalypse now or Top Gun itself, and the highlights are so sharp it’s insane
Wasn’t OUATIH shot on film?
Who knows what Top Gun looked like in theaters. These modern releases of older movies have been regraded to some extent, or maybe to a great extent. It’s like all of the different releases of the Matrix and LotR. They look different with one release being very green and another much less so.
Love this format!! Very cool to see the comparison to the original movie. Enjoyed your take on where the trends are now. Excited to do this more on my own just like this
Ty. I have a ton of fun making these.
This was great, would love to hear your take on grading fully 3D scenes next to live action and what you are kind of expecting as a baseline
Ty
The more 'close to real-life' grade makes sense in the context of them actually filming with and inside real figher jets. They wanted to give you that real experience throughout. It's almost a 'cinematic' documentary. I can respect that despite me always preferring a more punchy look usually.
Also a fun thought, they really went crazy with filters too on the cameras in the first top gun. Lots of gradient filters were used to give those amazing sun set shots. Compared to relatively modern lenses and maybe an ND and blackmist here and there.
Absolutly love it! Entertaining and informative at the same time. Agree with you on the content, no "better" choice just evolution and different tastes.
Ty
Loved this format Waqas! Love to watch you just analyzing good work
Ty
I use greens and yellows together a lot to get that creamy filmic cinematic look its a look thats becoming very popular and dare i say it could very well take over the Teal And orange look soon :) i'm a avid and huge TopGun fan so i have so many expectations of this movie especialy if they will be able to duplicte tht relism cinematogrphy affect of the first movie when they are in the cockpit and the view switches to a side camera view the camera jerks trying to keep the plane on purpose to give the audience the experience they were in the cockpit if that makes sense i do hope they can emulate that cinematography from the original :))) wow i wonder if we can get a negative emulater LUT for this movie?
This was intriguing to watch after having just watched Maverick tonight. LOVED the movie and the cinematography. So this was a cool breakdown.
Ty
LOVE UR WORRRKKKKK SOO MUCCHHHHHHH !
We need a colour grading tutorial on a horror movie PLEASE 😭🙏💗
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I love this new format, we know the tools by now, but the analysis is a step higher into concepts / art / choices made :D
This is exactly what I am searching for : training my eyes!
An idea would be to analyze other types of images as well, like paintings, photos, etc.
Thanks for your videos 🙏🏻
A lot of fun for me too. Ty for the love.
I can't avoid using cyan and greenish look in my gradings just like all films today and yet I'm sick of it at the same time. Like I look back at movies like T2, Jurassic Park 1, etc and I find those old school gradings incredible, crisp in different in between (T2 is blue steel, JP1 is warmy amber, and so on). I like when modern films and TV shows can skip the teal-orange , green / cyanish look and come up with alternatives just like older films used to have.
All of it bro. I'm with you.
Very interesting to compare the older movies to the new and see what trends there are now compared to before :D
That was fascinating to me. Ty
Thought this was great. Enjoyed the breakdown and seeing the thinking behind the grade and comparisons!
Ty
It also looks like the quality of light in those interior scenes, its more spectral in the older Top gun I think that lends to the contrast as well.
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love how in depth it is, could watch you break down every scene of the whole movie tbh hahaha
Haha. 🙏🏾
Wow man love this content, really happy to found your channel.
Ty
plz make this kind of analyse tutorial...it was awesome ♥
i love this format. congratulations
Ty
Like this video!
Just curious, how the movies were color graded in 1980s?
Google"color timed"
@@theqazman Thank you!
New one looks like bad white balanced log compared to the original real film thing. The emotional result is original is so uplifting and over the top. The move is TOP gun!
Color grading with DCI-P3 workflow please 😁
17:13 That eastman film is hard to beat. I wish the movie had been filmed on that. Modern film colograding kinda looks pale, whereas old film looks alive. The Darkstar scene grade looked much better though.
I low-key agree cuz that film negative is MAGIC!!
7:48 of course because of young tom cruise! Who wouldn’t go crazy for young tom😬 kidding.. awesome breakdown as always!
True. You're welcome.
Dope! For the Masterclass and an absolute beginner, would the Avid Artist Color still be a viable option with DaVinci Resolve as a newbie & would you still suggest a keyboard (Stream Deck XL) with Avid Artist Color (if it's still viable?)
I think the reason that there is more saturation in the skin tones on the original is that it was shot on film and not just any ordinary film stock, but the greatest film stock ever which was Eastman 5247. This film is the look of the movies, Rocky, ET, Apocalypse Now, Raiders of the lost Ark, and on and on. I'm sorry, but there is only so much grading can do. Film is film. Nothing else gives the lovely thick color in skin tones. And Top Gun is before digital color grading, that grade is all printer lights only. No power windows.
Eastman 5247 is out of this world. The color density is unparalleled.
Can you breakdown the 'Scam 1992' The Harshad Mehta Story, breakdown, cause that look is just awesome. It creates a vintage style look as you would expect because the story is of the year 1992, and it is available on SonyLiv. Please do it, i am interested.
I really enjoyed it, please continue.
Will do
This video just made me wonder if you have a very special tv or movie projector to watch films in your home as close as intended.
It drives nuts when the colors on my projector don’t match the movies from my laptop.
I do and yes it used to drive me nuts too.
Great vid dude! I pick the idea, the new top Gun almost doesn't look graded, to me looks like the decision was made to use vanice's original color, it is very nice but, almost no graded... interesting. keep doing this vids man!
Interesting observation and makes sense. You're welcome.
I am so confused because when I saw this movie in Imax theatres it looked very warm and a little vibrant. Is it possible that the movie's colors may be different when viewed through a different format like IMAX?
So interesting! It feels that the new film is faded and old.. maybe to symbol the years passing by and the legend vs reality.
Could be. 😀
Hello sir. I have a request if I may. Could you give a breakdown about what specifically Davinci resolve can do in terms of color grading that other softwares cannot? Is the difference moreso in the final output of the image or the is it just that it has tools that make it easier for a colorist? If the image could you please show for example... This is the best I could get it to look in Adobe or avid.... And in comparison this is what I can do in Davinci. That would help me understand a little better. Thank you sir
Can you do this with the 300?
Do a reaction on "The Terror" Season 1, very interesting atmosphere.
the new film colors look like from iphone palette
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It’s like reality wearing olive oil colored glasses
It happends to me too, we are trapped in the clients minds, we want to push it like it was a movie, te entiendo!
I like your enthusiasm, and it would be good to keep it. Otherwise you might as well have Elvis standing still on stage ;)
Keep up the great work!
This was a great video
Ty
ay we fast
This is really great,
Ty
Dude i wish i could afford your master class, what can i say..... its a paradox i need your masterclass to be able to get earning the money i need to take your masterclass haha :)
😂 I hear you. That's why I have a payment plan and that's why man created credit cards. You're not blowing your money on a night out or a fancy car. You're investing in yourself. Do it.
I'm glad to be introduced to Stefan Sonnenfeld. Now I know who is responsible for the look that took over Hollywood that I personally hate. 😆 Seriously the Jurassic World grade makes my eyes bleed. That teal and orange overload stops me from believing in the world when I really want to. Just my taste, no reflection on his talent. Maverick looks not so bad.
😂🤦🏾♂️
I think he didn't pushed that much to gives us a feeling of a nostalgic movie... you know Top Gun is from the 80s and most of the movies that time were "less saturated"
I disagree. Most of the movies from the 80s are loaded with colors and strong contrast.
@@theqazman for real? I agree about the contrast but idk… about the saturation I really think its less saturates than nowadays movies.
Could you do a video comparisson with older look vs nowadays looks?
Love ur content and learned a lot from you.
Cheers from Brazil mate 🎉
I don't get how you do a sequel that doesn't look like it's part of the same world.
Also Sony Venice footage leans towards yellow by itself.
Finally, I got a way different vibe from the newest trailer in comparison to the older ones (like the one you compared)
I couldn't find the latest trailer in high quality so went with the previous one but I agree.
I loved this movie, but the yellow saturation was turned up way too high!
Please, make a tutorial with this movie
Love to have you look at Lord of the Rings!
That sounds like fun.
@@theqazman specially with all the changes the films have gone through with digitalizing and the latest 4k version which changed a lot of the shots color grading as well
@@theqazman especially the 4k release! as it was regraded using the original negatives and graded in Davinci!
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great !!
Nice video 🥰
I just hate colours of new Top Gun. So we have 100k USD film cameras, with millions of colours and in the end we're putting yellow mask on everything. It doesnt make film any better, why they dont understand this? I have changed colours using levels, and it is so much nicer to my eye :D
you really should be comparing the remastered version of the original movie
I did.
So basically this is a red/green grade with lots of warmth and not much saturation.
Yep 😀
The king
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make a dehancer tuts.
Can you please do a Transformers tutorial?
Yep
@@theqazman You just made my day!
That scene at the begining on the aircraft crrier i have always said to people it's DoP P*rn so so beutiful something i honestly believe can not be created now in this digital age.... :(
Well finally i watched the while movie. I guess Maverick in several scenes and shots is really too pushed in grading... dont like this trend in my taste enough embarassing in contemporary grading style
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I love that you're trying to respect the grade on the new movie but at the same time you just can't help but appreciate the original much more because IT IS WAY FUCKING BETTER. The new one looks so BORING and FLAT that I don't even want to see it. I hate the way movies looks now. They all look the same.
I do like the new look but not as much when compared to the old one.
It's just fashion. You could make the new look like the old one but it would feel old-fashioned and artificial to most people. What they are looking for is a more modern, more realistic look to make the story feel more real.
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