Grading

Before we started grading we researched films which had the same type of grading which we wished to replicate in our opening sequence.

• We looked at Misfits because it is a British drama and we thought it would have the similar 'look' which our opening sequence would eventually have. However we found that the grading was too unsaturated.

• The 'look' of Skins was much closer to that which we wanted to create in our opening sequence as it looks natural however there is still quite a lot of colour in each shot.

To grade our film we used Adobe PremierPro. Within the program we used the tools 'three-way colour corrector' and 'procamp'.

We used 'three-way colour corrector' to adjust the colours within each shot.

We used 'procamp' to change the brightness, contrast and saturation of each shot.

For our outdoor shots we added more colour and contrast. We also increased the brightness of each shot to make the lighting appear more natural and for the shot to look more appealing.

For our indoor shots we made the colours of the furniture truer to their natural colour. We also increased the contrast of each shot to make 'Dan' and 'Lucy' stand out more. We used the three-way colour corrector to make 'Dan' and 'Lucy's' skin colour more vibrant and healthy.