Question 1: Colour Grading

This (below) is the original footage that was captured. The weather on the day left us with a pretty grey looking sky as well as lower levels of detail in our already dark and washed out wall.

To fix this, we applied a 3-way colour correction and brought in the input levels so that there would be a lesser disparity between the highs and lows in the shot. The effects of this can be seen in the wall, where there is now much more detail and the colour appears closer to what we saw in reality. However, this application resulted in the sky becoming unnatural looking, as well as being too bright for the aesthetic we were trying to bring to our film.

Finally, we played around with the three wheels on the colour corrector and reached this (below) outcome. We felt that the shot still maintained a relatively dark feel, but more appropriately represented the sky and colours that we saw on the day. We also liked the level of detail in the wall that we achieved with this grade.

Question 2:

Overall, Film/TV 2 has greatly surpassed my expectations. Whilst I knew that we would all be more confident and competent with equipment/editing/etc. I was really impressed by the ability of the group to work in smaller groups. Quite often we’d be missing one or two people for a shoot and it was reassuring to know that we’d still be able to get the job done. It also meant that shoots were less stressful than last semester, which really allowed us to focus, correct and get the best content possible.

Working in the new group was great fun and I was lucky to end up with such a committed, honest and enthusiastic group – I was truly glad to be a part of Bluestone. We were definitely afforded a lot more freedom this semester with the structure of the film. Whilst I felt out of my depth at first, this actually ended up being one of the more helpful aspects of the semester, as it allowed us to let the film take its own shape and guide us towards the final product.

Being a more experienced group also helped, as we avoided any major technical issues over the duration of our shooting period – a lot of stress saved.