Saturday, 6 December 2014

Fiction Adaptation Unit: Post-Production - Edit Part 2

Now it's time for colour correcting.

You can clearly see the wall and furniture behind Mark

I first reduced the exposure of the shot but it wasn't quite working, Mike suggested I use a Vignette mask which acts like an oval of light which can be adjusted in size to only let light into the oval.



I placed it in the clip and moved it to the right side of the frame so that the entire left side was outside of the oval: meaning no light reaches it and removing the background.

I've added a Vignette mask to only keep light on Mark.

The above screenshot is the shot with the Vignette mask and it definitely makes a noticeable difference: it looks as though Mark is actually in a dark expanse.

Below is the same method with a different shot; this one was already quite dark but I tried it anyway as the background was still visible.

Before.

After.
I like how the lighting creates a moody and mysterious feel, the restriction of not being able to see the subject's entire face adds a dark theme to the setting and represents the Narrator's anger at his friend being killed.

Now that I have a method of colouring the Subconscious shots I can continue on with doing the rest of them.

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