Grading “Return to Dungeness” with Magic Bullet Looks

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Made for RGTV. Here is a look at the kind of things I did using Red Giant Software’s Magic Bullet Looks. I hope it is informative, it runs at 27 minutes. It barely scratches the surface of Magic Bullet Looks. But I will be going into much more detail in later videos.

This will hopefully give you a better understanding of the software. You can see the finished short film “Return to Dungeness” here: http://philipbloom.co.uk/films/35mm-films/return-to-dungeness/

Software used to capture final cut pro is the quite superb “screenflow”

It is worth signing up to Exposure Room so you can download the h264 quicktime version for a clearer picture.

 

See tutorial by clicking here

Don’t forget your 20% discount on Magic Bullet Looks and Magic Bullet Quick Looks using code bloom20 at www.redgiantsoftware.com

15 comments

  1. Another inspiring, generous video. I’ve hammered away at my video with After Effects, Color Finesse, and Apple Color for ages — and never new Magic Bullet Looks was such a sleeping giant. Am grateful again! Ed

  2. Something tells me that Alan Parker would have found a place in the cast for you dad when he did Pink Floyd The Wall.

    I really like the effects you apply to cloudy skies. I wonder if that comes more from the base look (i.e. Blockbuster) or more of an application of the ND grads. I think a cool aspect of this software is that you can graduate areas of the frame and then change the color tint of those specific areas.

    I look forward to ordering Magic Bullet Looks in the future.

  4. Nice peek into your process, Philip. Thanks.
    In regards to color/image, do you recommend that you get your EX3 “tweaked” or dialed-in in your video dealer’s lab when you buy it or just use it “as-is” (save for picture profiles)?

  5. Your site has already provided so much information to the common man (without access to film cameras), and I truly appreciate and enjoy your work.

    I do wonder however, why you set the ND filter in magic bullet in post – instead of on location in camera – did the cinemek adapter grain show up? Thus forcing you to alter the image more in post? I guess my question ultimately centers on the f-stop limitations of the cinemek adapter.

    Thanks Phil,
    Steve

    1. i shot without mattebox so i could show how well you can do things in post, knowing i was going to use this as a tutorial steve. The grain only showed up when I graded it up. which i wanted to do. You can stop down to f8 ish on the cinemek and use as much shutter as you want!

  6. Wow, what a piece of software. It’s great to see you working “behind the scenes”, Philip. I paused the tutorial several times just to see your Final Cut setup, your favorites etc 🙂

    Thanks!

  7. Phil, greatly appreciate this vid – very cool. Something I wanted to ask. If you were to buy Bullet Looks 1.2, is there really any need to purchase Colorista as well? May be a ridiculous question.

    Thanks again.
    R

  9. Hi Philip, hope you are well. Nice work with your film ‘Return to Dungeness’. I like your use of colour grading with Magic Bullet looks.

    Just a quick question, I am interested in buying the Magic Bullet looks plugin for premiere pro CS3 but I only own a standard Definition camcorder. Before I commit to buying do you think MBL works ok with standard definition footage?

    Thanks for any advice you can provide. Take care.

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