A personal film, and the best argument for shooting as well as cutting. Japan after dark is all contrast — wet asphalt, signage, headlights, long exposures of nothing happening — and the grade leans into it rather than flattening it out.
The approach
Shot handheld on the Sony A7IV, edited and graded in DaVinci Resolve. The cut is unhurried: long takes are allowed to breathe, with movement in the frame doing the work the edit would usually do. Colour is the point — the piece was graded to keep the neon saturated without letting skin tones drift.
Colour grade
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Japan at Night, shot and graded by Jayden on the Sony A7IV. Left of the line is his camera original of the same frame.
Japan at Night, shot and graded by Jayden on the Sony A7IV. Left of the line is his camera original of the same frame.
Japan at Night, shot and graded by Jayden on the Sony A7IV. Left of the line is his camera original of the same frame.
Japan at Night, shot and graded by Jayden on the Sony A7IV. Left of the line is his camera original of the same frame.
Japan at Night, shot and graded by Jayden on the Sony A7IV. Left of the line is his camera original of the same frame.
Japan at Night, shot and graded by Jayden on the Sony A7IV. Left of the line is his camera original of the same frame.
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