I present to you a new almost-going-to-start project called the "FOTR Grading Project"... my goal here (because I really do not like the filmmaker's flat coloring choices) is to create a great and NATURAL looking FOTR movie that sticks to the original film material as closely as possible.
Recently I was watching the old FOTR trailers, in wich the scenes weren't properly graded yet... and holy mackerel... those shots look ALOT more: cinematic, sharp, LOTR-ish, and rich! I thought Andrew Lesnie was a "meh" cinematographer because of all those flat colors and glows digitally added to the film, but when I saw the original ungraded footage, wow, that's alot more natural and textured! So, without further delay I'm starting to try to restore most of the film's colors as it used to be (and altering things to my liking) for this version...
it's not confirmed wether this should be a new book-cut... but I strongly think so because my older FOTR book-cut is full of glitches and stuff of that nature.
Anyone happy about this?
