Colour grading is the process of altering and enhancing the colour of a motion picture, video image, or still image either electronically, photo-chemically or digitally. The photo-chemical process is also referred to as color-timing and is typically performed at a photographic laboratory.
Colour grading can be a useful technique in editing process that has the potential to portray a different image that is foreseen in the filming production phase.By changing the colour of a shot, the editor can portray a character or a scene in a different light – enhancing its overall effect and changing the ‘tone’ of the sequence.
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When editing the ‘car scene’ from the Thanassis episode, i utilised the colour grading technique and made the foreground of the shots dark than they previously were. I was able to portray to characters secluded in a confined space and away from the general public. the darkness also represented grief and sorrow considering that both the character were experiencing the the death of Hitch.