James Kirby

Nostalgia Knowledge Series

What is it?

Not long ago I was handing out CVs in the UK, and everybody turned me down. Now I’m back home in Thailand, making the biggest bet of my life: 30 days of videos on everything I’ve learned about making footage feel nostalgic. The colour grade, the edits, the music, all of it.

There’s one thing that unites creative people, and it’s nostalgia. If that sounds like your thing, come along.

James

Day 1
Shot, cut & graded by James Kirby

The 30 days

  1. Day 1Why nostalgia
  2. Day 2Three settings to leave alone
  3. Day 3A LUT, before and after
  4. Day 4Movement makes memories
  5. Day 5Three free apps
  6. Day 6Filming yourself in public
  7. Day 7Halation in Resolve
  8. Day 8The Dazz Cam app
  9. Day 9A five-shot sequence
  10. Day 10Five nostalgic fonts
  11. Day 11Film grain by gauge
  12. Day 12A collaboration
  13. Day 13Carousels that move
  14. Day 14Filming a city
  15. Day 15Vertical framing
  16. Day 16Why it feels nostalgic
  17. Day 17Speaking to camera
  18. Day 18A new angle for every sentence
  19. Day 19Three nostalgic songs
  20. Day 20One year ago: three lessons
  21. Day 21My whole kit
  22. Day 22Split toning
  23. Day 23Cutting on the beat
  24. Day 24A mood piece
  25. Day 25From this to this
  26. Day 26Ken Burns moves
  27. Day 27Canon R50 V settings
  28. Day 28Filming in the monsoon
  29. Day 29A throwback
  30. Day 30Thirty days, honest numbers

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