Today's Lesson; Colour Correction

In today's lesson, we began to colour correct some of our shots taken. Due to the lack of lighting in various clips, we resolved our problem by using colour correction; a tool effect on 'Final Cut Pro', which enhances lighting when needed, or dulls lighting when it is not needed.

We mainly focused on the beginning clips we had filmed first, as we were unable to use a source of lighting whilst filming. Due to the amount of red in the room, we came across the problem of the setting looking too red. To ease out the redness of the shot, we used the colour correction tool, and moved the ball centered in each of the cirlces the opposite way to the red. This was done to try and block out the redness within the shot. We mainly altered the colour by scrolling the bar upwards on the 'Whites' circle, to produce a more natural and brighter look; this worked successfully.

When editing the footage we had filmed last lesson in the studio, we noticed the mass amount of Grey flourished within the shot. As a group, we decided the best thing to do, was to colour correct it. But, as we didn't know whether to brighten the colour to make it more white, or to dull out the grey into black, we tried both ways to see which colour correction to the clip looked more professional, and which best matched the conventions of a music video. After experimenting with both, we all decided that dulling out the clip to increase the amount of blacks produced in the image, made it look more professional. It also enhanced on the shadows in the background, making Sam's face stand out more, and the lip singing look more clear.

Whilst watching the entire music video throughout, we came across one of the chorus sections, in which we had filmed Sam with a box on his head. As there was many shadows produced within the box, we decided that in order to make the video look bright and bold to be able to target our chosen audience, we needed to colour correct the clips taken. As the clips taken are dull and bland, it stands out in our music video, as the remaining of all of the other clips are bright and colourful. To make these clips florescent like the remaining clips, we altered the 'Whites' tool bar, to make the clip block out the shadows. Below are some images taken of the outcome of colour correction:

Screenshots taken from our video, to show the progression of lighting when altered using Colour Correction.