for the most part I use the meter but take in the whole frame and figure out what's best . I always use the zerbra and often the wave form. I am very excited to start using false color. At first I was like what is this madness. Now I realize it's going to be my new best friend. It makes sense.
Since you use the FX3 I thought I’d mention this in case you wanted an accurate IN CAMERA way to measure the exposure for skin tones (or really anything in your scene that falls within a certain IRE range). You can use Zebras to achieve this. For anyone else reading this that’s a Sony user (but this also applies to any camera that lets you set custom zebra ranges) you first you want to find the middle grey point (the middle point on the light to dark scale) for the gamma/picture profile you are using; skin tones should fall within this middle range. You would then set one of your custom zebra settings to ‘Standard Range’ and use the middle grey point for the gamma you’re using. And you’d use the +/- setting as a sort of feather to gauge roll off from that point. Slog3 for example, has a middle grey point of 41%. Slog benefits from overexposure so you can set your ‘Standard Range’ zebra somewhere between 50-55%. Let’s say you went with 52% and a +/- range of 2. That means your zebras will be metering from 50-54%. Now you can use a grey card and put it in the scene you’ll be filming in OR use the person you’ll be filming and adjust your exposure until you see zebras show up on the card or on your subject. When you see the zebras you have accurate exposure because that is the middle grey range you’ve specified. Now, this still isn’t as good as false color. It doesn’t show the transitions between the light and dark points of the ENTIRE scene the way false color does. However, this setting combined with your second custom Zebra slot which can be configured to ‘Lower Limit’, can be used to see if anything in the shot is overexposed. Between these two things you can expose your shot very well and very quickly. And of course you can use gamma assist, the histogram and the camera meter as well. But you are correct, the histogram and the meter are assessing the entire shot not a specific part of it. You can use spot metering but that still isn’t accurate like you using zebras or false color is. So just some additional info for anyone who doesn’t have a camera or monitor with false color.
Yes! My friend showed me how zebras work but I’m still not a fan lol. False color is just too easy and more plain to understand. But he did show me. I’m just not a fan of it lol. But thank you for mentioning. That is another way to get exposure, just not the best in my opinion lol
@@BrittneyJanae lol oh I totally agree! False color is just way more intuitive and robust. The zebra method is accurate and not too difficult to use so at least you're not "dead in the water" if you want to expose skin tones properly.
Thank you both for sharing your info. Had a question about using the zebras with slog3. Should we expose over the recommended 41 for middle grey? Also what standard range you think is best for darker skin tones for slog3?
Those false color values actually have ranges like 50% range is 47 to 54 add them both together you get 101 divide it by 2 equals 50.5 round it to 51. 54 minus 51 equals 3 so the standard range is 51 +/-3 this value should match your false color value to the T Test it out and you can have a variation of false color in your camera
@@jasonubrownuse the 70% preset the stock preset in your camera mirrors the ire values in post production on your scopes. That stock Sony zebra preset 70% has a range of 58 to 77 hint hint standard range “67+/-10” this again mirrors false color reading but the preset fast tracks you without the guess work. Once you’re in post bring this down 3 stops and your image should be clean and normal with no noise get zebra’s on middle grey on card and in that same scene see where there zebra’s are on you / your subject and you can use that as a rule of thumb when running and gunning hint it should fall on highlights.
after searching and watching hours upon hours of video for dark / mocha latino skin tones this is by far the BEST video I've come across. for us visual folks having the ability to see the different color gamma and knowing what each of those colors represent it a whole playing field. Gracias Señorita Janae :)
Thank you for your channel 🙏🏾 I am a black beginner filmmaker and it’s just so refreshing to see someone who look like me to look up to on RUclips ! This video was super helpful again thank you so much from France 😊
This was great! It's good to see educational film tutorials for our demographic. Specific exposure advice for our skin tone. I like how the content was presented. No fluff. Meat & potatoes, yet visual and engaging.
When I see a Brittney post I don't just hit the like button...I _smash_ it! Gotta watch this video at lunch but I have to say that this subject has been on my mind lately. Glad you're covering it. I did a test shoot with a local actress a couple weeks ago - a young black woman. False color was helpful but I still need to learn few things about working with it. I'm using an Atomos Shinobi and I wish the colors on it were tunable because it's not always obvious to me what is what. Waveforms don't help me much either because it doesn't say what is what. I find the easiest method of all to be using my light meter but maybe that's because I'm so used to shooting film stills.
Light meters are great! I have one and love using it! But for those really quick last minute have to get exposure false color takes the cake! Also the colors are different on different monitors and etc. so it sometimes makes it hard. But I’ve found usually green and light grey is always the same IRE on them all!
I just got my FX3 and i had no idea what i was looking or what people were talking about wwith these colors so im glad u have explained it well. thanks
just learning about false color and it has been a game changer. just the difference from my videos a month ago is massive! this video is really informative thank you!!
This was really helpful! I've always seen this feature being used on set and on my own camera, but didn't really understand how to use it. Thank you for breaking it down!
Maaaaaan ..... you don't know HOW MUCH this helped me. I have the FX3 and BOY, it was stressing me out getting the exposure down with this camera. Then you have the low megapixels which if not exposed properly can create more noise than you want. Thank you SOOOO much for this one.
Great video, I had to sub as soon as i saw another female DoP! False colour is definitely my favourite exposure tool. I normally shoot on BM cameras but picked up a R6 recently for some simple shots, love Clog3 but it’s not a cinema camera so relying on the histogram is frustrating. Looking forward to your next vid.
Monitor+ has been a must since finding out about it and pairing it with my FX3. Sometimes in the field it's not the easiest to use in fast paced environments, but for talking heads its definitely worth the price of entry.
Thank you Sis. Great explanation. I've been stuck using a waveform monitor for years and reluctant to move to false color until now. I guess it's because different manufacturers have different color schemes, so it's been a little confusing. I've also been told (since the mid 90s) that skintone should be exposed at 70 IRE. But that is where caucasian skin sits. Sorry y'all. There's a whole world of people out here with different shades. Better to expose for a middle gray card (45-55 IRE) or a white card (90-95 IRE)--something neutral and independent of the subject's skin tone--then put your subject in front of the lens. You might need to make a minor tweak from there, but I almost never have to.
Such a big help. Step-by-step explanation 👏I didn’t know anything about false colors and now I can actually start testing and making my work better. Thank you
focuse peaking settings in your camera is very important as well i use to set my gh4 peaking to 70 because thats what everyone was saying to do but then i went on some more research had no idea that focuse peaking setting plays a huge part of your skin tone as well so I went from 70 to 50 which made a huge difference for dark skin tones all i use is 50 for focuse peaking setting for dark skin tones when it comes to the GH4 every camera is different though once i start doing that my skin tones pop.
Thanks for the info. I’ve gotta say it’s been very different getting used to exposing darker skin tones. Light skin like mine is a freaking mirror, so it reflects so much light lol.
You explained this so well. Thank you for sharing the knowledge! I've been using the zebras and grey card and feeling as though there must be a better solution. This looks way more intuitive. I'm. trying it out immediately! Brava!
You are an actual blessing!! I have been looking and looking for this exact video. I film primarily darker skin tones and have been struggling in getting the perfect exposure. Followed you on all socials!
Thank you so much for this video. I felt that all the tricks to improve colour grading were aimed at filming white skin and most of my subjects are actually pretty dark skin coloured. I mean, you would look like an overexposed spec next to some of them, and then sometimes filming in lowlight conditions gets a bit tricky. I'm sure this will solve my problem, although I will be testing my cheap camera's settings on OBS before streaming. OBS has the same features (plugins). Thank you so much.
I have that app as well and will try using false colors. I’ve been using the zebra method on my Sony cameras for years but I will definitely give this a try.
Yea I’m not a fan of the zebra. I feel like false color is way easier no matter what cinema camera you switch too. No set ups or anything. Any cinema camera you get, it’s standard across the board. Just turn it on and boom! Such a great and easy workflow
Excellent!......last summer when I got my a7sIII I was severely messing up my exposure! I since bought a monitor but only now I realize that I need to be using the false color mode!🥴 👍🏾
I once had a job where I had a black man, a white woman, and a Latino man all in a talking head video. I got the call for the job because the previous shooter made the black guy look like floating eyes and a smile because he didn't expose correctly. Exposing for skin tones is important, y'all. You did a fantastic job on this one, Brittney!
Phenomenal!! I’m gonna go over this video several times. You did a wonderful job breaking everything down. Appreciate this. On a side note, how do you like the Fx3 compared to the BM?
Excellent Tutorial. Thank you. I just got a shinobi 5 inch. My question is this. Are all exposure colored scales the same. I mean are they a universal standard or each company has it's own color scheme?
So there are different kinds of graphs. I usually go but the arri false color spectrum. But there are different spectrums. And you have to learn based on the one you use what colors and IRE go together
I’m always bouncing between different skin tones because my family is all different shades of color and some darker brown and some much brighter than myself and it gets to be challenging when I can nail one exposure and I can’t quite get the other person and I’m spending more time adjusting lol, I have a hard time exposing myself because I come out red a lot in my skin tones so white balancing is just 🤦🏾♂️, but I’ve gotten better. Great video it was just what I needed now time for me to share this video with everyone I know 😉.
Yes! As long as you all are exposed between the correct IRE or colors you can always get the colors in post. Just make sure the lightest person isn’t overexposed and the darkest isn’t underexposed! False color should help!!
Great video! I have the a7iv and noticed my black skin looks SUPER orange it hurts. Going to try this at home on the a7iv! My white balance at 5500 is crazy orange too :(. Also, nice to see a black female filmmaker on RUclips !
Thank you for this … It will help me in my journey. I just started shooting with a BMPCC6K and I was intimidated to use the False Color because I didn’t understand it. This breakdown was perfect. What other app would you recommend? I think I’m getting Cadrage because of you.
I’m learning Spanish at the moment so let me try to see what you said. You love the video. You have a Sony fx3 and you have tried to improve your exposure and you take it out a lot to try to take advantage of it?
Thank for this information it’s extremely useful! You mention at 1.17 that the FX 3 does not have a histogram but it does.Did you mean false color ? Also does the IRE values still apply when only shooting in log or does these work if you shot in picture profile that has a rec709 ?
exactly what I am looking for - for my new Sony A6700. I've tried the app Camrot but it does not support the new cam and I am on Vacation in September to shoot some videos and Pix in Joshuatree, Death Valley and Texas. So my search is over. thx from Germany
Thx ya for this. I've been working on getting better and this here is right on time. I'm probably going to watch 1 or 2 more times to get the hang of it. Thank ya for this 🙏🏾 Much love from South Ga 💪🏿🤞🏾✨ See you in 96 🌹 ✨ 🤞🏾
@@BrittneyJanae I tried it out this morning, on the background and on my subject. I like it. It teaches me when to add light to my subject. I knw that I gotta the hang of it. So these next few projects that I have I'm going to be using it. Once again thx ya and I even tag ya on ig! See you in 96 🌹 ✨ 🤞🏾
Hey Brittney, thanks for the great content as usual. When using the FX3 and S-LOG 3, a lot of people say to overexpose +2 stops. Does this affect how you utilize your false colors with the FX3? For example, do you allow the brighter colors - like yellow - a bit more than you would with your BMPCC6K? Also, I'm doing a shoot next week where I have to match someone's A7Siii with my BMPCC6k, in case you have any advice owning the two :)
No the point of false color is to get accuracy so you don’t have to expose by 2 stops. Most people who do that are using histogram and trying to predict accuracy. False color eliminates that because you physically see what the skin tones are. You see your highlights and If you’re clipping and etc. the image is up to you but I don’t think it’s a need to over expose if your image is accurate unless it’s a specific look you’re aiming for. You can always overexpose but 1 stop to get a little brighter and bring down your exposure in post. But If you do want to overexpose by 2 stops I would say to get more pink in the skin tones than green. Especially if it’s darker skin tone. As far as matching I think here is where false color would be great! Just try to get even exposure. Also if you have a color checker use that. Bmpcc has better highlight rolloff to me. It’s also not as sharp. It will come down to how you color it. But great exposure and a color checker could help tremendously!
@@BrittneyJanae I appreciate the quick response and amazing explanation! One last thing - when relying on false colors, do you have your flat log profile view on your monitor, or your Rec709 preview LUT? I notice that when I toggle my LUT on and off on my cameras, it affects how my external monitor interprets the false colors. Which one would more accurately portray the false colors?
This is great! Getting great skin tones is a topic that not too many people hit on, especially dark skin tones. I get it. But, Not getting into the weeds on anything, this is great! Thank you for this. Pulling out my monitor to practice right now! #SkinToneGuru
Question: what picture profile are you shooting in (I assume s log 3). Does the way you expose for skin tones change when you are shooting log as you are trying over expose slightly? Thanks!!!!
Yessss! People underestimate the power of ND and how that’s really the key to getting that cinematic look. It helps with the lighting so much in a way that it really adds a look to your image
That is great content for sure. And you put some weight on what matters most : preparing and doing. So all later steps shall be easier. And, to sum it up, I'd say... "Shit in, shit out". For pronounciation, here's a tip from the (among other activities) the voice-over actor I am : take time, take more time, take even more time. As need be, 99% of time. You are NOT in a rush, you are your conductor and you set the pace, the rythm, the beat. Whether you have braces, dry mouth, sticky lips/tongue/palate (never eat chocolate before doing V-Os !), sore throat, cold/dripping nose... no need to rush, have time and all of what's necessary plus some extra. Speaking for a recording, a video sequence, a speech, is NOT speaking as one does in their life. Just like doing pastries for your self/friends is not comparable to doing pastries for a proper "patisserie" (the genuine French word, pronounced "pa-tee-sse-ree"). So, when you speak for the microphone, turn your inner natural voice speed pitch down some 10 to 20% depending on what your message conveys. And silences are NOT voids, nor are they empty moments... they just give to your audience time to figure and realise what you said, what occured, what's at stakes, what's to be expected, what could happen, etc. Nature invented time so all events would not occur simultaneously... make it your creative tool, and pace yourself when it comes to voice work. You'll do so much better (and NOT more !), and you'll surprise yourself how good you can feel by taking the appropriate beat. Then, your voice may change (yeah, it happens !) for the better and acquire some unexpected texture. Enjoy !
@Brittney Janae same for me. Plus I turned actor by some "accident" (been asked to act as a rugby player character, when I've never performed in a film before), so I know what it feels to be kind of thrown into an activity/job. And I had to fight thousands of bad habits, inner quirks, faces and expressions, mouth noises, etc. You name 'em, I had 'em all ! And my biggest "dark habit" was talking too fast, as I wanted to speak as fast as my mind thinks. When your childhood got wrecked, you try to swim back to the surface, and "proving the world" is one way to do so. Hence my "vital" need to express in high-speed-speach mode, so I thought. Because there's no need, when your message is dense and packed. But it took me years and years to understand how futile it was. When people around want to listen, they're willing to invest - their time, their attention, their brains - into you. If not, they go their way and there's nothing you can do. Yesterday I went on for pitching a project for teenagers, to their social worker in charge, and I (as always) was scared the guy would "give up". But no, I took my time, set myself to a steady pace, delivering key-infos and analyses... and noticed he was more than willing. Then he said it explicitly, and even got to the price/budget chapter himself... "3000 to 5000 for the two-week period, let's go !" he said. Well, it seems I got his attention without rushing. Then I feel rushing could have cost me his active participation, and acceptance. I'm glad I finally understood this, eventually, at some time in my life. You have all it takes (skills, experience, bruises, cleverness, smiles, etc.), minus one : time. So, take more time. You add this in your own timeline, and you'll be flying.
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What’s your favorite tool to use to expose skin tone?
You're blessed
My super old but trusty Sekonic light meter!
@@CertainExposures I love my sekonic as well!
Thanks for sharing. i shoot with a Canon C200 and attach a Ninja V or Shinobi for false colors.
for the most part I use the meter but take in the whole frame and figure out what's best . I always use the zerbra and often the wave form. I am very excited to start using false color. At first I was like what is this madness. Now I realize it's going to be my new best friend. It makes sense.
So nice to see a black WOMAN talking about cameras! Subscribed!!
Thank you!
WE NEED MORE OF THIS FOR OUR PEOPLE. LOVE IT
Haha I will def try to make more!
Yea I needed this for sure 😊
Since you use the FX3 I thought I’d mention this in case you wanted an accurate IN CAMERA way to measure the exposure for skin tones (or really anything in your scene that falls within a certain IRE range). You can use Zebras to achieve this. For anyone else reading this that’s a Sony user (but this also applies to any camera that lets you set custom zebra ranges) you first you want to find the middle grey point (the middle point on the light to dark scale) for the gamma/picture profile you are using; skin tones should fall within this middle range. You would then set one of your custom zebra settings to ‘Standard Range’ and use the middle grey point for the gamma you’re using. And you’d use the +/- setting as a sort of feather to gauge roll off from that point. Slog3 for example, has a middle grey point of 41%. Slog benefits from overexposure so you can set your ‘Standard Range’ zebra somewhere between 50-55%. Let’s say you went with 52% and a +/- range of 2. That means your zebras will be metering from 50-54%. Now you can use a grey card and put it in the scene you’ll be filming in OR use the person you’ll be filming and adjust your exposure until you see zebras show up on the card or on your subject. When you see the zebras you have accurate exposure because that is the middle grey range you’ve specified.
Now, this still isn’t as good as false color. It doesn’t show the transitions between the light and dark points of the ENTIRE scene the way false color does. However, this setting combined with your second custom Zebra slot which can be configured to ‘Lower Limit’, can be used to see if anything in the shot is overexposed. Between these two things you can expose your shot very well and very quickly. And of course you can use gamma assist, the histogram and the camera meter as well. But you are correct, the histogram and the meter are assessing the entire shot not a specific part of it. You can use spot metering but that still isn’t accurate like you using zebras or false color is.
So just some additional info for anyone who doesn’t have a camera or monitor with false color.
Yes! My friend showed me how zebras work but I’m still not a fan lol. False color is just too easy and more plain to understand. But he did show me. I’m just not a fan of it lol. But thank you for mentioning. That is another way to get exposure, just not the best in my opinion lol
@@BrittneyJanae lol oh I totally agree! False color is just way more intuitive and robust. The zebra method is accurate and not too difficult to use so at least you're not "dead in the water" if you want to expose skin tones properly.
Thank you both for sharing your info. Had a question about using the zebras with slog3. Should we expose over the recommended 41 for middle grey? Also what standard range you think is best for darker skin tones for slog3?
Those false color values actually have ranges like 50% range is 47 to 54 add them both together you get 101 divide it by 2 equals 50.5 round it to 51. 54 minus 51 equals 3 so the standard range is 51 +/-3 this value should match your false color value to the T Test it out and you can have a variation of false color in your camera
@@jasonubrownuse the 70% preset the stock preset in your camera mirrors the ire values in post production on your scopes. That stock Sony zebra preset 70% has a range of 58 to 77 hint hint standard range “67+/-10” this again mirrors false color reading but the preset fast tracks you without the guess work. Once you’re in post bring this down 3 stops and your image should be clean and normal with no noise get zebra’s on middle grey on card and in that same scene see where there zebra’s are on you / your subject and you can use that as a rule of thumb when running and gunning hint it should fall on highlights.
Yes, thank you for doing this! Can't wait for your channel to explode!
Thank you!!
after searching and watching hours upon hours of video for dark / mocha latino skin tones this is by far the BEST video I've come across. for us visual folks having the ability to see the different color gamma and knowing what each of those colors represent it a whole playing field. Gracias Señorita Janae :)
Thank you!!
I cant believe I'm watching a video on how to exposure dark skin, where have you been all these years!!! Thank you :D
Thank you for your channel 🙏🏾 I am a black beginner filmmaker and it’s just so refreshing to see someone who look like me to look up to on RUclips ! This video was super helpful again thank you so much from France 😊
Your timing (and exposure) is perfect on this. Thank you! Here comes bracketing the mixed skin tones in friends' band this weekend.
Haha np!! Let me know how it goes!
This was great! It's good to see educational film tutorials for our demographic. Specific exposure advice for our skin tone. I like how the content was presented. No fluff. Meat & potatoes, yet visual and engaging.
When I see a Brittney post I don't just hit the like button...I _smash_ it! Gotta watch this video at lunch but I have to say that this subject has been on my mind lately. Glad you're covering it.
I did a test shoot with a local actress a couple weeks ago - a young black woman. False color was helpful but I still need to learn few things about working with it. I'm using an Atomos Shinobi and I wish the colors on it were tunable because it's not always obvious to me what is what. Waveforms don't help me much either because it doesn't say what is what. I find the easiest method of all to be using my light meter but maybe that's because I'm so used to shooting film stills.
Light meters are great! I have one and love using it! But for those really quick last minute have to get exposure false color takes the cake! Also the colors are different on different monitors and etc. so it sometimes makes it hard. But I’ve found usually green and light grey is always the same IRE on them all!
I just got my FX3 and i had no idea what i was looking or what people were talking about wwith these colors so im glad u have explained it well. thanks
Brittney, thank you so much for making this video. I've been struggling a lot to get skin tones right - especially darker skin tones. You are a star!
Instant subscribe. Its very hard to find black content creators talking about this specific subject. Thank you so much!
just learning about false color and it has been a game changer. just the difference from my videos a month ago is massive! this video is really informative thank you!!
No problem! I’m glad it helped! I love false color!
This was really helpful! I've always seen this feature being used on set and on my own camera, but didn't really understand how to use it. Thank you for breaking it down!
Np!! It’s so easy to use and you will love it!
Maaaaaan ..... you don't know HOW MUCH this helped me. I have the FX3 and BOY, it was stressing me out getting the exposure down with this camera. Then you have the low megapixels which if not exposed properly can create more noise than you want. Thank you SOOOO much for this one.
Same haha. I’m not a fan of histogram so I was like if I’m going to be working with this camera I gotta figure something out!!
OMG, this was awesome. I have been trying to learn false color and this was a big help. I'll watch it another 100 times lol. Your channel is dope.
Thank you!!
The BEST video explaining false color!!! 🔥🔥
Great video, I had to sub as soon as i saw another female DoP! False colour is definitely my favourite exposure tool. I normally shoot on BM cameras but picked up a R6 recently for some simple shots, love Clog3 but it’s not a cinema camera so relying on the histogram is frustrating. Looking forward to your next vid.
Thank you! Same I have the R6 as well. And I’m not a fan of histograms!
Best False Color video I've seen yet! Thank you for the great info!
Thank you!!
We need more of this content for our skin color! Good work! Thanks.
Thank you!!
This apps layout is very alike Blackmagic camera, love it
Your videos are always well articulated and just so easy to follow! Thank you as always for the knowledge!! Can’t wait to see what you drop next :)
Thank you! Majority of the time I’m over here like I sound stupid haha.
Monitor+ has been a must since finding out about it and pairing it with my FX3. Sometimes in the field it's not the easiest to use in fast paced environments, but for talking heads its definitely worth the price of entry.
Nice!! Thank you. Getting into false color never looked so promising. And I’ve been doing videos professionally for years.
Thank you Sis. Great explanation. I've been stuck using a waveform monitor for years and reluctant to move to false color until now. I guess it's because different manufacturers have different color schemes, so it's been a little confusing.
I've also been told (since the mid 90s) that skintone should be exposed at 70 IRE. But that is where caucasian skin sits. Sorry y'all. There's a whole world of people out here with different shades. Better to expose for a middle gray card (45-55 IRE) or a white card (90-95 IRE)--something neutral and independent of the subject's skin tone--then put your subject in front of the lens. You might need to make a minor tweak from there, but I almost never have to.
This video is amazing and I love your down to earth delivery. Always excited to support fellow female filmmakers. Just subbed!
Such a big help. Step-by-step explanation 👏I didn’t know anything about false colors and now I can actually start testing and making my work better. Thank you
Great clip everything I needed to know about dark skin tones. Thanks
I have usually just used eyeballs and vector scopes when exposing darker skin tones, but thanks for sharing this information about false colour!
I’m good at eyeballing as well. This is like that final confirmation that my eyeballs are right haha
focuse peaking settings in your camera is very important as well i use to set my gh4 peaking to 70 because thats what everyone was saying to do but then i went on some more research had no idea that focuse peaking setting plays a huge part of your skin tone as well so I went from 70 to 50 which made a huge difference for dark skin tones all i use is 50 for focuse peaking setting for dark skin tones when it comes to the GH4 every camera is different though once i start doing that my skin tones pop.
I’ve watched this video like 5 times in the past few months, thanks
Thank you!!
Thanks for the info. I’ve gotta say it’s been very different getting used to exposing darker skin tones. Light skin like mine is a freaking mirror, so it reflects so much light lol.
Time to revisit false color on the Ninja V. Appreciate you!
Thanks for explaining this, esp for Black skin tones. Keep up the great work.
You explained this so well. Thank you for sharing the knowledge! I've been using the zebras and grey card and feeling as though there must be a better solution. This looks way more intuitive. I'm. trying it out immediately! Brava!
Thank you! Let me know how it goes!
You are an actual blessing!! I have been looking and looking for this exact video. I film primarily darker skin tones and have been struggling in getting the perfect exposure. Followed you on all socials!
Thank you so much!!
So glad you’re covering this!
Thank you so much for this video. I felt that all the tricks to improve colour grading were aimed at filming white skin and most of my subjects are actually pretty dark skin coloured. I mean, you would look like an overexposed spec next to some of them, and then sometimes filming in lowlight conditions gets a bit tricky. I'm sure this will solve my problem, although I will be testing my cheap camera's settings on OBS before streaming. OBS has the same features (plugins). Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for this video! It was very clear and easy to understand, and showing it all in real time was extremely helpful. Thank you!
Np!! Glad it helped!!
I have that app as well and will try using false colors. I’ve been using the zebra method on my Sony cameras for years but I will definitely give this a try.
Yea I’m not a fan of the zebra. I feel like false color is way easier no matter what cinema camera you switch too. No set ups or anything. Any cinema camera you get, it’s standard across the board. Just turn it on and boom! Such a great and easy workflow
As I bought a new monitor for cyber Monday I needed this very much.
God bless you Black Woman
Dope what monitor did you buy?
@@BrittneyJanae feelworld f6 pro. And I operate a Canon R
I had to come back and watch this again . Thank you
Excellent!......last summer when I got my a7sIII I was severely messing up my exposure! I since bought a monitor but only now I realize that I need to be using the false color mode!🥴 👍🏾
Yess it’s the best!
girrl i just discovered your channel and already loving it! gold info
Thank you!!
Thank you Brittney! Really valuable information that everyone should know and you broke it down perfectly!
I was looking for this, thanks a lot! Would be awesome if you could take this even deeper and explain how to use waveforms too. 🌹
You nailed it, easy explanation , great work.
Thank you!
Valid point.watched this multiple times since released. Subscribed. 😂 keep on keeping on.
Thank you!
Thank you for dropping this knowledge!
OMG finally!! Literally no one talks about this! THANK YOU!!
Thank you! It’s such an important feature that gets overlooked
This was dope..as i just copped the sigma fp and can't wait to get to work
You’re a wealth of knowledge yo, ‘preciate’cha! And you look real comfortable talking to the camera, that’s dope, 😎
Thank you!! Yea I love false color so I was just hella happy to share lol
This was extremely helpful. Thank you for this. 🙂
Using Zebras has been a game changer for my photography!
I hate zebras lol
@@BrittneyJanae haha it’s been great so far!
Few words for you. MAKE MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS FOR US👍🏽
I am pretty blown away. You did a great job going over this and really covered it well! You def have a new sub here! Great job!!
Thank you! I’m not a technical person and wanted to make sure I was explaining it in a way us non-technical folks understood lol
False color has saved me so many times. It’s the last thing I check after setting up my shot.
Same!! Not only is it great but FAST!
Great video and very technical, I’m finally gonna start using false colours on my atomos, thanks for this video!
Np! Thank you!!
I once had a job where I had a black man, a white woman, and a Latino man all in a talking head video. I got the call for the job because the previous shooter made the black guy look like floating eyes and a smile because he didn't expose correctly. Exposing for skin tones is important, y'all. You did a fantastic job on this one, Brittney!
Thank you so much!
How about in post?!? How would you fix in post?! Great content btw. I was having problems with lighting and this popped up. Thanks
Hey fix what in post?
Thank youuu so much for such lesson Brittney!
Phenomenal!! I’m gonna go over this video several times. You did a wonderful job breaking everything down. Appreciate this.
On a side note, how do you like the Fx3 compared to the BM?
Thank you!!! My next video is actually comparing the bmpcc to the fx3 and my thoughts! Lol.
@@BrittneyJanae (and it deserves your 13-ish minutes, Edward !)
Thank you so much for sharing this. I love the way you talk about.
Thank you!
I hate I am just find your channel. Love it.
I've been using these tips a lot! Great video!
Wow! This is exactly what I needed to know. Thanks for breaking it all down.
I’m glad it helped!!
You are fantastic, clear explanation and I subscribed :)
Thank you for this. Its exactly what I was looking for.
You’re an amazing black women. We need more of you in this cinematography
Thank you so much!! I appreciate this!
EXCELLENT information. Very informative.
Excellent Tutorial. Thank you. I just got a shinobi 5 inch. My question is this. Are all exposure colored scales the same. I mean are they a universal standard or each company has it's own color scheme?
So there are different kinds of graphs. I usually go but the arri false color spectrum. But there are different spectrums. And you have to learn based on the one you use what colors and IRE go together
I’m always bouncing between different skin tones because my family is all different shades of color and some darker brown and some much brighter than myself and it gets to be challenging when I can nail one exposure and I can’t quite get the other person and I’m spending more time adjusting lol, I have a hard time exposing myself because I come out red a lot in my skin tones so white balancing is just 🤦🏾♂️, but I’ve gotten better. Great video it was just what I needed now time for me to share this video with everyone I know 😉.
Yes! As long as you all are exposed between the correct IRE or colors you can always get the colors in post. Just make sure the lightest person isn’t overexposed and the darkest isn’t underexposed! False color should help!!
@@BrittneyJanae thank you 😊
Great video! I have the a7iv and noticed my black skin looks SUPER orange it hurts. Going to try this at home on the a7iv! My white balance at 5500 is crazy orange too :(.
Also, nice to see a black female filmmaker on RUclips !
Thank you for this … It will help me in my journey. I just started shooting with a BMPCC6K and I was intimidated to use the False Color because I didn’t understand it. This breakdown was perfect.
What other app would you recommend? I think I’m getting Cadrage because of you.
Np!! Cadrage is a great app! Also look into Artemis, sun seeker and viewfinder
Me encantó este video, tambien tengo una Sony fx3 y estoy intentando mejorar mi exposición así que de seguro le sacaré mucho provecho, gracias.
I’m learning Spanish at the moment so let me try to see what you said.
You love the video. You have a Sony fx3 and you have tried to improve your exposure and you take it out a lot to try to take advantage of it?
@@BrittneyJanae Hahaha yes, something like that, thanks for answering and for sharing the knowledge, I hope I can be as good as you are.
Have a friend here if you want them to help you improve your Spanish hehe
This is the video that I needed! Love your videos.
This is amazing. Thank you so much
This will help many. Great non-technical video.
Thank for this information it’s extremely useful! You mention at 1.17 that the FX 3 does not have a histogram but it does.Did you mean false color ? Also does the IRE values still apply when only shooting in log or does these work if you shot in picture profile that has a rec709 ?
Yes I meant false color sorry about that. I usually shoot log so it should still apply.
@@BrittneyJanae thank you for getting back to me I appreciate that 🙏🏾 and I’m loving the content!
Lifesaver!!! Needed this - thank you 🙏🏿
exactly what I am looking for - for my new Sony A6700. I've tried the app Camrot but it does not support the new cam and I am on Vacation in September to shoot some videos and Pix in Joshuatree, Death Valley and Texas. So my search is over. thx from Germany
NP! With the new Sony upgrade you may have to connect to the app via Bluetooth but it still works!
@@BrittneyJanae I installed it right away and yeah it connected via bluetooth. It works but with a bit of lagging - but it does the job for me
this is awesome, thank you so much for the help!! it’s always awesome to hear from a filmmaker that isn’t a white man :)
Thank you!!
Thx ya for this. I've been working on getting better and this here is right on time. I'm probably going to watch 1 or 2 more times to get the hang of it. Thank ya for this 🙏🏾
Much love from South Ga 💪🏿🤞🏾✨
See you in 96 🌹 ✨ 🤞🏾
Thank you! NP! Let me know once you actually use it what you think!
@@BrittneyJanae I tried it out this morning, on the background and on my subject. I like it. It teaches me when to add light to my subject. I knw that I gotta the hang of it. So these next few projects that I have I'm going to be using it. Once again thx ya and I even tag ya on ig!
See you in 96 🌹 ✨ 🤞🏾
Amazing video and easy to follow through, thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey Brittney, thanks for the great content as usual. When using the FX3 and S-LOG 3, a lot of people say to overexpose +2 stops. Does this affect how you utilize your false colors with the FX3? For example, do you allow the brighter colors - like yellow - a bit more than you would with your BMPCC6K?
Also, I'm doing a shoot next week where I have to match someone's A7Siii with my BMPCC6k, in case you have any advice owning the two :)
No the point of false color is to get accuracy so you don’t have to expose by 2 stops. Most people who do that are using histogram and trying to predict accuracy. False color eliminates that because you physically see what the skin tones are. You see your highlights and If you’re clipping and etc. the image is up to you but I don’t think it’s a need to over expose if your image is accurate unless it’s a specific look you’re aiming for. You can always overexpose but 1 stop to get a little brighter and bring down your exposure in post. But If you do want to overexpose by 2 stops I would say to get more pink in the skin tones than green. Especially if it’s darker skin tone.
As far as matching I think here is where false color would be great! Just try to get even exposure. Also if you have a color checker use that. Bmpcc has better highlight rolloff to me. It’s also not as sharp. It will come down to how you color it. But great exposure and a color checker could help tremendously!
@@BrittneyJanae I appreciate the quick response and amazing explanation! One last thing - when relying on false colors, do you have your flat log profile view on your monitor, or your Rec709 preview LUT? I notice that when I toggle my LUT on and off on my cameras, it affects how my external monitor interprets the false colors. Which one would more accurately portray the false colors?
This is great! Getting great skin tones is a topic that not too many people hit on, especially dark skin tones. I get it. But, Not getting into the weeds on anything, this is great! Thank you for this. Pulling out my monitor to practice right now! #SkinToneGuru
Hey Brittney, how do you expose a log footage by using false color?Because I am confusing between log and lut. Thanks.
So I usually have some kind of rec709 display on and expose based off that to give a better clue.
Big THANK YOU, from Spain!
You're welcome!
GOLD VIDEO! thanks so much
Question: what picture profile are you shooting in (I assume s log 3). Does the way you expose for skin tones change when you are shooting log as you are trying over expose slightly? Thanks!!!!
I never really overexpose. If you use false color correctly I don’t think it’s a need to overexpose. The whole point of false color is for accuracy.
SO helpful! Thank you!
As soon as you hit 640 and changed your ND, I was like, that’s your look: right there. Cinemaaaaa :)
Yessss! People underestimate the power of ND and how that’s really the key to getting that cinematic look. It helps with the lighting so much in a way that it really adds a look to your image
thanks for the info. subscribed and trying that app
this was super helpful, great stuff
Thanks so much! Can I use false color for a Sony camcorder 4k?
I don’t think older cameras will have false color
zebras are working great for me. Nice video btw and keep it up!
Thanks, will do!
very good
Thank you!
That is great content for sure. And you put some weight on what matters most : preparing and doing. So all later steps shall be easier. And, to sum it up, I'd say... "Shit in, shit out".
For pronounciation, here's a tip from the (among other activities) the voice-over actor I am : take time, take more time, take even more time. As need be, 99% of time. You are NOT in a rush, you are your conductor and you set the pace, the rythm, the beat. Whether you have braces, dry mouth, sticky lips/tongue/palate (never eat chocolate before doing V-Os !), sore throat, cold/dripping nose... no need to rush, have time and all of what's necessary plus some extra.
Speaking for a recording, a video sequence, a speech, is NOT speaking as one does in their life. Just like doing pastries for your self/friends is not comparable to doing pastries for a proper "patisserie" (the genuine French word, pronounced "pa-tee-sse-ree").
So, when you speak for the microphone, turn your inner natural voice speed pitch down some 10 to 20% depending on what your message conveys. And silences are NOT voids, nor are they empty moments... they just give to your audience time to figure and realise what you said, what occured, what's at stakes, what's to be expected, what could happen, etc.
Nature invented time so all events would not occur simultaneously... make it your creative tool, and pace yourself when it comes to voice work. You'll do so much better (and NOT more !), and you'll surprise yourself how good you can feel by taking the appropriate beat. Then, your voice may change (yeah, it happens !) for the better and acquire some unexpected texture.
Enjoy !
Love this thank you so much! I’m naturally a fast talker so I’ve been trying to work on slowing down!
@Brittney Janae same for me. Plus I turned actor by some "accident" (been asked to act as a rugby player character, when I've never performed in a film before), so I know what it feels to be kind of thrown into an activity/job. And I had to fight thousands of bad habits, inner quirks, faces and expressions, mouth noises, etc. You name 'em, I had 'em all !
And my biggest "dark habit" was talking too fast, as I wanted to speak as fast as my mind thinks. When your childhood got wrecked, you try to swim back to the surface, and "proving the world" is one way to do so. Hence my "vital" need to express in high-speed-speach mode, so I thought. Because there's no need, when your message is dense and packed. But it took me years and years to understand how futile it was. When people around want to listen, they're willing to invest - their time, their attention, their brains - into you. If not, they go their way and there's nothing you can do. Yesterday I went on for pitching a project for teenagers, to their social worker in charge, and I (as always) was scared the guy would "give up". But no, I took my time, set myself to a steady pace, delivering key-infos and analyses... and noticed he was more than willing. Then he said it explicitly, and even got to the price/budget chapter himself... "3000 to 5000 for the two-week period, let's go !" he said.
Well, it seems I got his attention without rushing. Then I feel rushing could have cost me his active participation, and acceptance. I'm glad I finally understood this, eventually, at some time in my life.
You have all it takes (skills, experience, bruises, cleverness, smiles, etc.), minus one : time. So, take more time. You add this in your own timeline, and you'll be flying.