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SCENES THAT HAVE BEEN REFINED AND COLOUR CORRECTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED -
I started by watching the whole project through from start to finish, and then made notes on where I thought the colour grade needs more work on. There were some stand out scenes which didn't fit at all, i.e the drug dealer scene, so I began by choosing the most significantly unbalanced colour toned sequences and manipulating their colour to match with the general colour palette I was going for. It's quite a meticulous process, always comparing with both shots on screen, trying to get matching tones, but also trying to convey and reinforce our projects overriding theme of the surreal and anarchic mayhem that the narrative holds. Here are the colour grading settings specific for each scene -
DRUG DEALER SCENE -
LUT - Amira Default Rec709
Temperature . +40
Tint . 0
Exposure . -1.2
Contrast . +80
Highlight . -70
Shadow . +40
Whites . +55
Blacks . 0
RE-SHOOT FOOTAGE
At this moment Aimee had managed to fit in the re-shoot footage gathered from earlier, so you could see the stark difference between the footage's colour, this was a concern for minute, until I messed around with the temperature and gave it a dim brown/peach tint and it fit nicely back into the sequence. The reason why the footage looked so different, was because the white balance on the re-shoot day was slightly different, even though I was shooting in V-Log, the white balance still plays a pivotal role in the outcome of the colour, once graded. So when the same LUT was applied to this footage, it still looked visibly different to that of the original footage, so I had to manipulate each new shot we took, and get the aesthetic to match up with the rest of the project.
Another scene that needed severe correction was the bathroom scene, here are the settings for this specific scene -
BATHROOM SCENE
LUT - Amira Default Rec709
Temperature . +45
Tint . 0
Exposure . 0
Contrast . +11
Highlight . -83
Shadow . +40
Whites . +55
Blacks . 0
WHY
This scene needed extra work to it because it didn't really match up to the rest of the sequence (because of the new footage). To get it to match up I had to increase the temperature which enhanced the scenes warmness, which automatically gave the scene the lift it needed to match the rest of the project's warm and surreal aesthetic. I kept the of the settings around the same numbers as it wasn't necessarily these settings that were going to change the outcome of the scene. I think the reason why it needed such a lift in it's temperature is because of the cold blue tones the scene originally had, this was because the walls are blue in the bathroom, and recording in Log format, once graded, made the scene feel very cold and unlike the rest of our narrative.
GREEN SCREEN 'TUNNEL' EFFECT
LUT - Amira Default Rec709
Temperature . 0
Tint . 0
Exposure . 0
Contrast . 0
Highlight . 0
Shadow . +78
Whites . +55
Blacks . 0
WHY
This sequence didn't really need any grading as we wanted the tunnel scene to be as untouched as possible. I didn't actually record in V-log for this particular shoot as it would of messed with the green screen in the background. So for this reason I didn't mean to manipulate the colour grade on it because all the skin tones were correct anyway. The shadow and whites were increased however, to add my colour to the effected green screen areas.
This sequence didn't really need any grading as we wanted the tunnel scene to be as untouched as possible. I didn't actually record in V-log for this particular shoot as it would of messed with the green screen in the background. So for this reason I didn't mean to manipulate the colour grade on it because all the skin tones were correct anyway. The shadow and whites were increased however, to add my colour to the effected green screen areas.
DANNY'S HALLUCINATION
LUT - Amira Default Rec709
Temperature . +10
Tint . 0
Exposure . 0
Contrast . +40
Highlight . -40
Shadow . +40
Whites . +55
Blacks . 0
WHY
This scene needed a fair bit of work to try and make it as wacky as possible. To do this I tried to increase the contrast to a much higher rate than it usually is at any other point throughout the narrative. This helps with the saturation of the scene which I wanted amplified to reinforce the narratives current stage of being in a hallucination. The whites stayed the same as they didn't need any manipulation.
This scene needed a fair bit of work to try and make it as wacky as possible. To do this I tried to increase the contrast to a much higher rate than it usually is at any other point throughout the narrative. This helps with the saturation of the scene which I wanted amplified to reinforce the narratives current stage of being in a hallucination. The whites stayed the same as they didn't need any manipulation.
GENERAL DEFAULT SETTINGS FOR MAJORITY OF PROJECT
LUT - Amira Default Rec709
Temperature . -9
Tint . 0
Exposure . 0
Contrast . +40/60
Highlight . -83
Shadow . +40
Whites . +55
Blacks . 0
WHY
Throughout the majority of the narrative these were the general settings used. The temperature was set at this because as stated previously, it gave off too much of a peachy tone, so I have to bring down the warmness to create this soft orange/natural aesthetic that the group agreed on. The shadows and whites were kept the same throughout to keep consistency and balance in our narrative.
Throughout the majority of the narrative these were the general settings used. The temperature was set at this because as stated previously, it gave off too much of a peachy tone, so I have to bring down the warmness to create this soft orange/natural aesthetic that the group agreed on. The shadows and whites were kept the same throughout to keep consistency and balance in our narrative.
FIELD SCENE TEST -
After watching this video I thought that this effect could really spice up the scene with adding more dynamism and that psychedelic kind of aesthetic. I started to research effects that were achievable in the colour grade that would reinforce the narratives hallucination scenes as we all felt they lacked that cutting edge and didn't shout out to the audience that they were actual hallucinations. That's why with this effect applied to our field scene, I create a rainbow effect that would really emphasise the surreal and crazy state of mind Ralph's state was. Unfortunately after applying this affect to the field sequence, no one really agreed with it, so I didn't stick with it as the majority was in favour of removing it. I think this was a creative decision that I disagreed with at the time but there was nothing that I could do. I felt the scene really could of been brought to life with this affect applied as it would of amplified the characters and their surroundings in a vast multi-coloured space, leaving no doubt in the audiences mind that we were in the psychological state of Ralph.
EVALUATION OF THE DAY
-For all of these scenes now the colour correction is pretty much done, but as the edit continues, frustratingly the colour grade keeps getting moved and is out of sync, so I'll have to keep on editing the colour grade until the actual edit is complete. I'm happy with how each scene looks, and i'm just waiting until I get further feedback on how I can improve on it.
-I felt with this edit today it was coming along smoothly, however it was difficult to get everything sorted as I knew with Aimee and Andrew still not having finished with their parts I couldn't finish mine.
- Furthermore they kept on moving my colour grade adjustment layer so every time I came to the up to date edit, everything had been moved out of sync, meaning I had to individual match up the shots all over again.
- I felt I had nailed down the generic look for the whole of the narrative, which was the main focus of the day completed.
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