Further thoughts on colour grading:

As I near the end of my main edit, the question of how I should colourise my footage comes to mind again. Throughout production, I had shot with a deliberately ‘flat’ desaturated and low contrast image for this purpose. Previously it had been a question of using this flat image to enable colour grades that altered the time of day. This was a deliberate decision early on to avoid as much as possible shooting in the frigid temperatures of the alpine bush. Furthermore, it made it possible to completely fake the ‘light fading’ sequence of shots; we did not have to rely on the fickle and too-fast way the light fades in the mountains.

However, after these technical and continuity considerations comes the general colour grade of the footage. I don’t believe too much thought should be put into the basic ‘naturalisation’ of the colour, but it is interesting to explore nonetheless.

Below are a few styles that I am yet to select from.