For this week’s class exercise, we were given a script and grouped up to shoot a short sequence. For this task I took up the role of being the audio person reason being to give others an opportunity to handle the camera. The video was shot in a overexposed environment, with one key light which I thought to myself that this could be used to an advantage later on in post production, and sure enough it did.

Based on the sequence that was shot, my idea was to show the intimacy and build a relationship for both characters just by the colors and the framing of the film. When I first brought the sequences in to Adobe Premiere, I identified the shadows, highlights and the overexposed areas. I then proceed to arrange the sequence, giving it a very “dreamlike” story to the film. The beginning of the film was when I decided to punch up the contrast and increase the depth of the shadows to give it a harsher look to the characters. Based on the sequence that was shot, my idea was to increase the intimacy and build a relationship for both characters just by the colors and framing of the film. I received inspiration to grade the sequence from the film “Secrets” by Jay Chou.

I then changed the aspect ratio of the film from 16:9 to 2.35: 1, giving it a more filmic and intimate look for both of the characters. By removing head room from the frame and altering the dimension of the film, I realize that the 2 characters felt closer to each other, making the scene look much more intimate than it already was. The placement of the actress was perfect as the film ended, the light falled perfectly on her face, revealing her character.