Megan Lansdell A2 Media

Colour grading The grading of a well graded image can often augment the sense of story within a scene or even completely transform it. Without the grading an image may look flat, boring, or even disjointed. As a photographer becomes more proficient at grading he or she can leverage the power of color tone to influence emotional tone within a scene. Grading at this level can transform an unexciting frame into a moment of cinematic magic. Therefore I wanted to learn how to do this, I watched these tutorials to learn how to do this with the software I already own.

Over the summer I wanted to make a video to carry on my experimentation to increase my confidence using premiere pro, this is the video I created whilst at latitude.

Recently I watched a youtube tutorial of how to slow motion my videos in order to increase my technical skills within premiere pro and film making. Slow motion is an effect I want to use in my final video therefore I needed to learn it. I then went on a school trip to an art museum with the art department and decided to play around with my camera to see if I could successfully create a slow motion video. I was happy with the outcome and think it adds atmosphere to my video.

In art I experimented with different ways I could change the visuals within my videos and messed around with some projections. This is what I created..

How do I use my Canon 60D to create a high quality video? I wanted to do some research into how to get the best out of my camera to create a cinematic look for my final piece. I spent some time watching videos explaining each setting on the camera to help me achieve this look, I watched hours of videos to help me create the effects that I need. These are some of the videos I used. Short films made using a Canon 60D, the camera I am going to use : As we can see this short film relies on visuals created using different apertures to help create a beautifully lit piece of filmography. This film is filmed using a 30mm camera lens and as you can see the depth of focus is much shallower than the 50mm shown below. This film is filmed using a 50mm camera lens and as you can see the quality is much sharper with a better depth quality. How to use the correct settings on a Canon 60D 

After completing my rough cut I screened it to 12 people to gather there opinions and thoughts this is what I gathered Dave - “It’s so creative! the coloured lighting and use of the police is really mature for an ametuer film maker!” Liam - “So good! Elly and Edward are amazing, I can’t believe you got the police involved, those shots are stunning!” George - “Wow good on you for making two videos when only one is needed! maybe tweak some of the shots to stop the audience getting confused” Chloe - “ Aw the story line is so sad! gorgeous filming though,perhaps change the first video a little to make it flow better i only know what’s happened because i was there during filming!” Louise - “Gorgwohs music! Elly is so talented, you captured her music beautifully” Charlie - “Gorgeous but not my type of thing” Lucy - “i think you need to make some clips shorter because they linger too much, apart from that it’s great” Debbie - “The ending is so dramatic you don’t know if he’s g...

My opinion on the rough cut I think the rough cut is alright. I don't love it, I think there are some aspects I need to change, some scenes linger for too long and some scenes need better colour grading. The editing went well though and I had every piece of footage I could need a long with spares that aren't included in this rough cut.