{"id":3930,"date":"2019-09-23T11:09:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T11:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/?p=3930"},"modified":"2024-01-11T07:40:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T07:40:00","slug":"create-contrast-through-color-grading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating the Spirit of Christmas: Music, DIY, Color Grading &#038; More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in December of last year, we shot a\u00a0<a href="\&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D-yaxRQiWGY\&quot;" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commercial<\/a>\u00a0for our\u00a0<a href="\&quot;https:\/\/artlist.io\/collection\/10358\/christmas\&quot;">Christmas music<\/a> collection. Since the making of this video involved some cool color grading techniques, mainly for creating contrast, I\u2019d love to share the process with you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtubeIframe\"><iframe id=\"335251337\" title=\"How We Made That Christmas Magic - BTS at Artlist\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-QClaPndzVA?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io&amp;width=840&amp;height=1000&amp;discover=1\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-1_19=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A short description for those of you who don\u2019t want or can\u2019t watch the video: A video editor sitting in the editing room, puts on her headphones and looks for Christmas music on Artlist. When she clicks on the Jingle Bells song, the Christmas spirit immediately engulfs her. Once she takes off her headphones, she\u2019s back to reality, sitting at her dimly-lit editing room.<\/p>\n<p>What lies at the heart of this video is the moment of transition between the cold day-to-day editing room and the warm Christmas vibes, and our goal was to capture the contrast between these two states. So let\u2019s talk about the different aspects of filmmaking on display here and the key elements we applied to generate the look and sound that we wanted.<\/p>\n<h2>DIY Set &amp; Lighting Tricks<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3934 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/giphy-50.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Check out this contraption<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Essentially, we custom-built the set, setting up rigs for the tree and for Santa to make them both jump into the frame. At the same time, the Christmas lights along the walls had to fall down into the frame.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of lighting, the moonlight you see coming into the room is simulated by the versatile\u00a0Westcott Flex RGB lights, the gold standard, by any means. We also installed the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/products.aputure.com\/ls-c120d-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aputure 120d<\/a>\u00a0along with a light dome pretty close to the actress, creating contrast between her and the background.<\/p>\n\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"186\" class=\"elementor elementor-186\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b6940b6 elementor-section-full_width cta-middle external elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b6940b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae3297b\" data-id=\"ae3297b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c76fe4 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"3c76fe4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"45\" height=\"13\" viewBox=\"0 0 45 13\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M13.7128 4.45274C13.2137 4.45274 12.7223 4.56022 12.2694 4.75984C11.8701 4.93643 11.5477 5.25889 11.3634 5.65046V9.85017H9.58984V2.91719H11.2175V4.39899C11.3327 4.16866 11.4786 3.95368 11.6551 3.75406C11.8164 3.5698 12.0006 3.40089 12.2003 3.25501C12.3845 3.12449 12.5765 3.00933 12.7914 2.93255C12.9757 2.86345 13.1753 2.82506 13.3673 2.81738H13.5823C13.6283 2.81738 13.6744 2.82506 13.7205 2.83274L13.7128 4.45274Z\" fill=\"#FFDA2A\"><\/path><path d=\"M19.1865 9.48966C18.9024 9.6125 18.6106 9.71999 18.3112 9.80445C17.958 9.91193 17.5972 9.96568 17.2287 9.96568C16.9906 9.96568 16.7603 9.93497 16.53 9.87354C16.3227 9.8198 16.1307 9.71231 15.9618 9.57411C15.7929 9.42824 15.6624 9.25165 15.5703 9.04435C15.4628 8.79867 15.4167 8.52995 15.4244 8.26123V4.27649H14.5107V2.91754H15.4244V0.667969H17.1979V2.91754H18.6567V4.27649H17.1979V7.66236C17.1979 7.90805 17.2594 8.08464 17.3899 8.18445C17.5204 8.29194 17.6893 8.34568 17.8582 8.338C18.0425 8.338 18.2268 8.30729 18.4033 8.24587C18.5799 8.18445 18.7181 8.1307 18.8256 8.08464L19.1865 9.48966Z\" fill=\"#FFDA2A\"><\/path><path d=\"M19.9315 0.191406H21.7051V7.62343C21.7051 7.87679 21.7665 8.07642 21.8893 8.22229C22.0275 8.36817 22.2195 8.44495 22.4191 8.43727C22.5342 8.43727 22.6571 8.41424 22.7723 8.38352C22.8951 8.35281 23.0179 8.30675 23.1331 8.253L23.3711 9.60428C23.1024 9.72712 22.826 9.81926 22.5342 9.86532C22.2502 9.92674 21.9661 9.95745 21.6743 9.95745C21.1215 9.95745 20.6916 9.81158 20.3845 9.51215C20.0774 9.21272 19.9315 8.79812 19.9238 8.253L19.9315 0.191406Z\" fill=\"#FFDA2A\"><\/path><path d=\"M24.2998 9.84997V2.91699H26.0734V9.84997H24.2998Z\" fill=\"#FFDA2A\"><\/path><path d=\"M26.1887 1.08236C26.2041 1.35876 26.0966 1.6198 25.8893 1.80407C25.6973 1.98066 25.4516 2.08047 25.1906 2.07279C24.9296 2.08047 24.6685 1.98066 24.4766 1.80407C24.277 1.6198 24.1695 1.35108 24.1771 1.08236C24.1771 0.767578 24.277 0.521892 24.4766 0.345304C24.6685 0.168717 24.9296 0.0689069 25.1906 0.0765846C25.4516 0.0765846 25.6973 0.168717 25.8893 0.345304C26.0889 0.521892 26.1887 0.759901 26.1887 1.08236Z\" fill=\"#FFDA2A\"><\/path><path d=\"M30.1276 9.98085C29.5441 9.98085 28.9683 9.88872 28.4232 9.70446C27.9011 9.53555 27.4174 9.26683 26.9951 8.91365L27.6554 7.80038C28.0393 8.07678 28.4539 8.30711 28.8915 8.4837C29.2754 8.63725 29.6823 8.71403 30.0892 8.71403C30.4424 8.71403 30.7188 8.64493 30.9261 8.51441C31.1257 8.39157 31.2409 8.17659 31.2332 7.94626C31.2409 7.70825 31.095 7.49328 30.88 7.40114C30.5038 7.23991 30.1123 7.10939 29.713 7.0019C29.26 6.87906 28.8762 6.76389 28.5614 6.64873C28.285 6.55659 28.0316 6.42607 27.7936 6.25716C27.6093 6.12664 27.4635 5.95773 27.3713 5.75044C27.2792 5.53546 27.2331 5.30513 27.2408 5.06712C27.2331 4.73698 27.3022 4.41451 27.4481 4.11508C27.5863 3.83869 27.7782 3.58532 28.0239 3.39338C28.285 3.18608 28.5767 3.03253 28.8915 2.93272C29.237 2.82523 29.6055 2.77148 29.9664 2.77148C30.4578 2.77148 30.9568 2.84058 31.4252 2.99414C31.8858 3.14769 32.3158 3.39338 32.6766 3.72352L31.9626 4.7984C31.6478 4.56039 31.3023 4.36077 30.9338 4.21489C30.619 4.09205 30.2889 4.03063 29.951 4.03063C29.69 4.02295 29.429 4.08437 29.1986 4.21489C28.999 4.33774 28.8915 4.53736 28.8915 4.81375C28.8838 4.92124 28.9145 5.02873 28.9683 5.12086C29.0297 5.213 29.1065 5.2821 29.1986 5.33584C29.3291 5.41262 29.4673 5.46636 29.6132 5.51243C29.7821 5.56617 29.9971 5.62759 30.2581 5.68901C30.7342 5.81186 31.1411 5.9347 31.4789 6.05754C31.7783 6.15735 32.0547 6.30323 32.3158 6.47982C32.5154 6.61802 32.6766 6.80996 32.7918 7.03261C32.8993 7.26294 32.953 7.52399 32.9453 7.77735C32.9453 8.45299 32.692 8.99043 32.1929 9.38199C31.6708 9.78891 30.9952 9.98085 30.1276 9.98085Z\" fill=\"#FFDA2A\"><\/path><path d=\"M38.0812 9.48966C37.7971 9.6125 37.5053 9.71999 37.2059 9.80445C36.8527 9.91193 36.4919 9.96568 36.1233 9.96568C35.8853 9.96568 35.655 9.93497 35.4323 9.87354C35.225 9.8198 35.0331 9.71231 34.8642 9.57411C34.6953 9.42824 34.5647 9.25165 34.4726 9.04435C34.3651 8.79867 34.3191 8.52995 34.3267 8.26123V4.27649H33.4131V2.91754H34.3267V0.667969H36.1003V2.91754H37.5591V4.27649H36.1003V7.66236C36.1003 7.90805 36.1617 8.08464 36.2922 8.18445C36.4228 8.29194 36.5917 8.34568 36.7606 8.338C36.9448 8.338 37.1291 8.30729 37.3057 8.24587C37.4823 8.18445 37.6205 8.1307 37.728 8.08464L38.0812 9.48966Z\" fill=\"#FFDA2A\"><\/path><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M3.43194 1.08203H5.20549L8.62975 8.48334V9.85765C7.24776 9.91907 5.80435 9.94979 4.31487 9.94979C2.8254 9.94979 1.38199 9.91907 0 9.85765V8.48334L3.43194 1.08203ZM1.90407 8.39121C2.71023 8.41424 3.51639 8.42192 4.31487 8.42192C5.12103 8.42192 5.92719 8.40657 6.72567 8.39121L4.31487 3.18572L1.90407 8.39121Z\" fill=\"#FFDA2A\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-509c078 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"509c078\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b63c6db\" data-id=\"b63c6db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88ef02d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"88ef02d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Get unlimited royalty-free 4K footage<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-90a8615\" data-id=\"90a8615\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-476808b elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial external-link-event event-midpage-startfree elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"476808b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/artlist.io\/start-now\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Start  Free Now<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1816319 elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial external-link-event event-midpage-pricing elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1816319\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/artlist.io\/page\/pricing\/max\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Pricing<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>For warmth, we went with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arri.com\/en\/lighting\/led\/skypanel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arri SkyPanel<\/a>, covering it right up to the moment our heroine clicks on the song. Then, we let all the light flood in, achieving that element of surprise. Lastly, we utilized two top\u00a0Fresnel lights\u00a0to make Santa and the Christmas tree really pop out when they appear.<\/p>\n<p>To capture that warm look at the color grading stage, we used warm LUTs, which are basically formula-based image modifiers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72618\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3935 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/christmas-contrast-750x335-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/christmas-contrast-750x335-1.png 750w, https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/christmas-contrast-750x335-1-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cold vs. Warm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Sound &amp; Music<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that choosing the right music is key to creating a great video. That\u2019s why we picked the Jingle Bells song, which is, of course, available on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/best-royalty-free-christmas-music-collection\/\">royalty-free Christmas music<\/a>\u00a0collection. Nothing says Christmas quite like Jingle Bells.<\/p>\n<p>To create the moment of transition, we cut off all the low frequencies of the music. The generated effect throws the audience, along with the actress, back to cold reality after she takes off her headphones. We also added a whoosh effect there, to give that transition that extra&#8230; oomph.<\/p>\n<p>Another crucial and often overlooked element in filmmaking is sound design, and since we at Artlist came out with a <a href=\"https:\/\/artlist.io\/collection\/10722\/christmas\">Christmas sound effects<\/a> bundle that included 50 free different <a href=\"https:\/\/artlist.io\/sfx\">sound effects<\/a>, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to showcase some of them.<\/p>\n<h2>That\u2019s a Wrap<\/h2>\n<p>If your objective is creating contrast, you should address it at every level of the process &#8211; from the physical set design and lighting, through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/background-music-for-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">background music<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/dissecting-the-color-grading-of-five-famous-films\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">color grading<\/a>, to the sound design and visual effects. Hope you found some of these tips helpful to your filmmaking. Whatever you do, remember to stay creative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in December of last year, we shot a\u00a0commercial\u00a0for our\u00a0Christmas music collection. Since the making of this video involved some cool color grading techniques, mainly for creating contrast, I\u2019d love to share the process with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[87,105,170,293,40],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Create Contrast Through Color Grading - Christmas Special<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Setting a Christmas mood requires attention at every step, from set design and lighting, through Christmas music, color grading, sound design &amp; SFX.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Create Contrast Through Color Grading - Christmas Special\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Setting a Christmas mood requires attention at every step, from set design and lighting, through Christmas music, color grading, sound design &amp; SFX.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Artlist Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-23T11:09:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-11T07:40:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/03bea82e0a1931799fef054e1e479afd8a4d7b2c.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Artlist\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Artlist\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Artlist\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/942f411e584fce075c068967aebf4681\"},\"headline\":\"Creating the Spirit of Christmas: Music, DIY, Color Grading &#038; More\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-23T11:09:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-11T07:40:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/\"},\"wordCount\":555,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Audio\",\"Behind The Scenes\",\"Color Grading\",\"DIY\",\"SFX\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Production &amp; Filmmaking\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/\",\"name\":\"Create Contrast Through Color Grading - Christmas Special\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-23T11:09:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-11T07:40:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Setting a Christmas mood requires attention at every step, from set design and lighting, through Christmas music, color grading, sound design & SFX.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Production &amp; Filmmaking\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/production-filmmaking\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Creating the Spirit of Christmas: Music, DIY, Color Grading &#038; More\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Artlist Blog\",\"description\":\"Just artlist blog website\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Artlist Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/artlist-blog-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/artlist-blog-logo.svg\",\"width\":143,\"height\":28,\"caption\":\"Artlist Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/942f411e584fce075c068967aebf4681\",\"name\":\"Artlist\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/author\/artlist\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Create Contrast Through Color Grading - Christmas Special","description":"Setting a Christmas mood requires attention at every step, from set design and lighting, through Christmas music, color grading, sound design & SFX.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Create Contrast Through Color Grading - Christmas Special","og_description":"Setting a Christmas mood requires attention at every step, from set design and lighting, through Christmas music, color grading, sound design & SFX.","og_url":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/","og_site_name":"Artlist Blog","article_published_time":"2019-09-23T11:09:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-11T07:40:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":750,"url":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/03bea82e0a1931799fef054e1e479afd8a4d7b2c.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Artlist","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Artlist","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/"},"author":{"name":"Artlist","@id":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/942f411e584fce075c068967aebf4681"},"headline":"Creating the Spirit of Christmas: Music, DIY, Color Grading &#038; More","datePublished":"2019-09-23T11:09:49+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-11T07:40:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/"},"wordCount":555,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["Audio","Behind The Scenes","Color Grading","DIY","SFX"],"articleSection":["Production &amp; Filmmaking"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/","url":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/","name":"Create Contrast Through Color Grading - Christmas Special","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-09-23T11:09:49+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-11T07:40:00+00:00","description":"Setting a Christmas mood requires attention at every step, from set design and lighting, through Christmas music, color grading, sound design & SFX.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/create-contrast-through-color-grading\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Production &amp; Filmmaking","item":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/production-filmmaking\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Creating the Spirit of Christmas: Music, DIY, Color Grading &#038; More"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/","name":"Artlist Blog","description":"Just artlist blog website","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#organization","name":"Artlist Blog","url":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/artlist-blog-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/artlist-blog-logo.svg","width":143,"height":28,"caption":"Artlist Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/942f411e584fce075c068967aebf4681","name":"Artlist","url":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/author\/artlist\/"}]}},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/03bea82e0a1931799fef054e1e479afd8a4d7b2c.jpg",1920,750,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/03bea82e0a1931799fef054e1e479afd8a4d7b2c-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/03bea82e0a1931799fef054e1e479afd8a4d7b2c-300x117.jpg",300,117,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/03bea82e0a1931799fef054e1e479afd8a4d7b2c-768x300.jpg",768,300,true],"large":["https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/03bea82e0a1931799fef054e1e479afd8a4d7b2c-1024x400.jpg",1024,400,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/03bea82e0a1931799fef054e1e479afd8a4d7b2c-1536x600.jpg",1536,600,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/03bea82e0a1931799fef054e1e479afd8a4d7b2c.jpg",1920,750,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Artlist","author_link":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/author\/artlist\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Back in December of last year, we shot a\u00a0commercial\u00a0for our\u00a0Christmas music collection. Since the making of this video involved some cool color grading techniques, mainly for creating contrast, I\u2019d love to share the process with you.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3930"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8475,"href":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3930\/revisions\/8475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}