Sam Fathallah

Hey everybody,

Thanks for the feedback on this video. In the first part, I said to underexpose. I blame my careless writing at the time; I didn't think anyone would watch this video, and I'm not much of a tutorial-maker. I just like mixing footage and music and getting lost. I'm gonna stick to that.

Don't underexpose or overexpose your footage. Just expose your footage to the light you have the way you want your shot to look. Use a good monitor.

I don't use three way color corrector to color correct anymore. I saw a comment that said to use the exposure controls that are built into Lumetri Color to adjust white balance and exposure, and I've been doing that ever since. It's worked wonderfully for my BMPCC 6k footage.

Lastly, I don't think tutorial-making is for me, but I'll leave you with this advice: go out and shoot every single day. The more you do it, the more you learn - about your camera, about your world, about yourself.


I do love chatting through text - so subscribe and throw questions my way in the comments on my videos.

Happy filmmaking,
Sam

5 years ago | [YT] | 8

@RiseHigh

Hi Sam, first of all i'm in love with your style. The way you share feelings via your editing skills, how you tell a story only by cuting at the right place to the next shot and follow the flow of the music is a thing i've been working on since i saw you mini doc about the woman who cook to feel better. I would love if you could describe how you edit. I know you follow the path of the music, but the way the differents scenes match together is always on point for you, and i always work really hard to make it good.

5 years ago | 0

@alejandrobotello4403

Yea I kind of figured once I saw my footage was grainy every time, it was still a good video. Quick question, do you still use that LUT you were referring to ? And if so I where can I get it ?

5 years ago | 1

@naomiellison5207

Hey Sam I absolutely love your work - so relaxing and so inspiring ! The music you use is so great too I just wondered how you got hold of your music like with copyright? Do you buy it from a website ? Thank you!

5 years ago | 0