Film Production- Color Grading

 PROCESS

Hi everyone, in this blog post, I will be going through the process of coloring my film opening to my liking! It's really important to not submit a film without any coloring because it can look really bland and grading could add a lot of character and can a lot of the time portray emotions, which I found in the research I did previously in my portfolio.

To start off, I tried with the auto settings Premiere provides just to see if I like it and it would be easier, but it's not exactly what I wanted so I decided to edit it a little more. There's a weird setting on my computer where my Premiere looks way more saturated than compared to when I exported it so I made sure the saturation and vibrance was really high.

Here are some examples of the color difference I've made. On the left is unsaturated and on the right is after editing. You could also see the exact settings I used all the way to the right panel and I just kind of played around. Once I found what I like the most I copied the settings and paste them to all of the clips in the bedroom. I made the bathroom shots seem more saturated because I thought it was more fun and colorful in there with all of the eyeshadow and blush and everything, so once I found a good coloring for the bathroom, I did the same.

REFLECTION

This whole process wasn't very hard, it took me about 30 minutes to get everything to my liking. It was a crucial step in my brief, and I am closer and closer to finishing my film opening. The next step in my editing phase is to add the text in my film, as in the credits, and the title the film.