Post Production #2

 The coloring used in a film can depict a specific emotion or mood for the audience. For example, if a character's house is filled with multiple red items, they can come to the conclusion that danger is near. 

The lighting can also suggest the mood in a film. For example, a bright (high key) lighting can either symbolize a ethereal, or happy mood. On the other hand, a dark (low key) lighting can symbolize a mysterious, or frightening mood. For my film opening, my group and I wanted to achieve more of a low-key lighting rather than high key, because of our genre being, mystery/crime. 

Because my group and I filmed in three different locations,

-House: Ben writing letter 

-Park: crime scene

-School: Ms. Travers office

the lighting was different for all three scenes. This made it a little tricky in the editing process, because if I want all three scenes to have similar lighting, I am going to have to edit each clip, on by one. This process may take a good portion of time, but I think it will all be worth it in the long run.

I screenshotted a part from a specific clip, and I only edited one to fit the "vibe" of the mystery genre. (The actual picture itself is a little different, because I could not screenshot the same part of the video twice... sorry!!)

Before:

As you can see, this photo appears darker and has a little bit of a more mysterious feeling to it. 

All I did was change:

-"exposure" to -98

-"highlights" to -74

-"shadows" to -7

 -"brightness" to 2

-"black point" to 3