Post Production

 Final Comp

Before and after of blue sparks shot with fast track colour grading.

So Post Production.

What did I even do?

Well for starters I colour graded the poo out of every shot. Some of them went a bit crunchy and had a lot of noise, but there was a wide variety of lighting options so I really tried my best to even out the shots. But for my first time colour grading I don't think I did too bad. I used the fast colour correct tool. I did try just doing an adjustment layer to all of them but it didn't really even them out, I thought it just made it look worse because a few of them were so different. I didn't mind doing them individually it's just like what I've said for everything in this project though. Everything takes so much longer than you think it will. It's a nightmare. I also add RGB curve changes to a few of them.

Blue Sparks:
So I also added blue sparks to a few of the stun gun shots, I did this using video layers on photoshop and drawing with blue and grey with the brush and then just smudging it. I thought it would be the fastest and most effective way to create them. Also because it's smudged onto an alpha layer the check of the trousers shines through it so it doesn't look like it's been drawn on, if you open the first blue sparks psd file you can see the few different types I did.

TicToc Clock:
I also added ticking to the clock the same way I did sparks only I didn't smudge it because it's so far away I felt I got away with that. I really struggled to draw straight lines on the tablet I borrowed from uni I think it need recalibrating, but that's okay I made a feature of them. I think these two bits of animation make the piece seem more finished and less still so I'm really please with that.

Green Screening.
http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/10-free-smoke-stock-videos/

So I used ultra key on premiere to green screen out the door windows and then I watched each of these ten videos and chose my favourite to key in behind the doors. I love it. It's like one of my favourite shots the smoke behind the door. Also it was a choice not to have perfect greenscreen, I made it agressive in the settings and keyed it all out but I actually really like the grain aesthetically so I kept it.

I did however have a nightmare keying out the white light behind the characters in the doorway I'm still to fix that tomorrow's plan.

I also tried to add credit's today but the font wouldn't install on the computer so I'm going to install it on my mac and do them on photoshop after, I think that will be easier.


One thing I found was that I able to apply all my knowledge from the disney interview of editing, making sure shots start on the sound etc etc to this task which is why I think I managed to get it done in the end.

The best feeling was showing Anna and seeing how happy she was with it. At this stage she's the only person whose opinion matters on the project and she's happy (she thinks we could even leave the white in behind the characters in the door but I think it would look smarter without, it shouldn't take too long to mask out in after effects). Hopefully.

For the Green screen I fixed the other shots, by taking the comps into After Effects and placing subtract Masks onto them.

I don't think it looks fantastic by any means, but I think this is isn't my talent and isn't a skill I want to be accomplished in because I'm much more of a pre production person, but I think it's shows an idea of what we wanted it to look like.