Color grading for Bankroll Hayden's "Save your breath" music video.
Stills from the final grade, directly from the Davinci timeline
Overview of the visual and technical choices that shaped the final look
A Californian youth film palette: soft golds indoors, clean cyans in daylight, and punchy neon tones at night.
The grade stabilizes skin tones against strong color contamination from streetlights, neon signage, and blue daylight. Exposure shaping was key to keep faces readable during fast motion and low-key scenes.
Matched sequences filmed in radically different environments by harmonizing contrast curves, balancing color temperature shifts, and stabilizing saturation.
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