GAMUT

Director, Editor, and Colorist

A short surf film shot in Barra de la Cruz over the course of a week.  We wanted to set this film apart from others visually.  To do so, many different camera angles were utilized to keep viewers engaged.  Image quality was also an imperative.  Shot in 6k and colored with a high degree of detail makes the film stand out.

The journey began with the flight down to Mexico and no time was wasted getting into the water.

The morning began with a few barrels before moving into some fun turns.  Sunrise created some dramatic lighting creating a spectacle.

Fun waves were present throughout the day.  Even when the waves were a bit slow, there was still fun to be had crusing around on a twin fin.

The surfing did come to an unfortunate early end.  During some evening barrels, Ryan had the lip land on his head as backwash hit his board.  The result was a fractured leg and some hobbling around the airport.

Coloring Goals

We wanted to create a surf film that not only had good surfing, music, and editing but also an interesting consistent image.  An often neglected step for surf films, coloring grading gives a film its unique feel. 

There are two different looks in the film.  Primarily, we used Cullen Kelly's 2383 film print LUT to establish the base of our look.  We wanted to use the contrast and colors of the film print without the grain and halation.  We did trial grain and halation but thought that a clean image could create a more noticable contrast with select images.

We used a secondary look for select B-Roll clips.  GAMUT is a rough and tumble film.  Intentionally rough around the edges, we wanted a secondary look that matched the vibe.  To do this, we took the same LUT used for the primary look and added a bunch of film characteristics.  Our goal was to add in more characteristics of super 8 film.

Some samples showing the before and after color.