Guspaz said:
I'm not so sure about the colour correction in the speederbike shot. Overall, I like the change in colour in the shot, but there are a bunch of details that are changed/removed:
- The buildings (the triangular ones on either side of the frame) are badly rusting in the original, but the rust is turned into slight dirt smudges in the colour-corrected version
- All the red aircraft warning lights have been entirely removed
- The flames on the left-hand part of the frame appear unnaturally blue in the colour-corrected version
So, the problem with the shot is that the general change in colour cast is nice, but it damaged/removed a bunch of the detailed stuff that shouldn't have been colour corrected (or at least not as much). When you take all this as a whole, these sorts of changes can change the audience's impression when viewing the scene. Different implications about the context and state of the city.
None of that is really a problem, so keep at it.
Once you have an overall colour-look for the film you are happy with, we can go back and redo the colour changes with masking to restore colour nuance where it is required. Putting the warning lights, flames and rust back in to fit with the new colour scheme isn't hard, just time consuming. Getting your overall pallete right first is the right way to go about it, and achieving a consistent look and feel for the film, and keeping the correct colour-emotion for each shot relevant is the important thing so keep going! :)