So we have finished out filming and it looks really good, really proud of the shots and everyone involved! in our consult we were asked to do a colour correction exercise to start us off. Even though I do love editing, I use Final Cut Pro instead of the program that we were asked to use which is Premiere Pro. Although they’re similar the small differences have been enough to trip me up and is just more time consuming.  Although the tools are different I figured the outcome should be the same so with that in mind and my past experience I set to work on colour correcting the clip that I chose. I didn’t choose the clip for any other reason than I liked it.

In the video you’ll see 4 clips each with different colouring, I tried not to be too gentle with the colour so that you could really see the difference and it would be easier what kind of mood a certain colour gives to the shot.

The first clip is is the footage that has come straight out of the DSLR – no colour correction.
(because its a DSLR the image is already compressed which means it looks good from the start but its difficult to edit the image because there isn’t as much information and range – worth noting when watching the clips)

The second clip I was going for a darker horror vibe, even though the dialogue doesn’t suit the genre I think with this colouring and the appropriate music this shot could come out very sinister!

The third clip is green, because I wanted to try something different, however upon looking at this shot I can see why not many films use green as their filter because it looks pretty awful. I can see how you might use it to your advantage, if a character was meant to be looking or feeling sick.

The final clip is almost a sepia looking filter, the cliche would be an old western but I feel that the fairly flat colouring could lend itself well to the noir genre that we’re exploring as it would let the shadows stand out more than the original footage would.