Tuesday, 5 April 2011

The screengrab above shows how we have used colour filters in order to increase the houses mood or darkness - reflecting the mood felt by our protagonist. These filters help to add to the idea of dilapidation and falling apart of the building, showing that this is clearly not a welcoming place, or a suitable location for someone to live. This purely emphasises the idea that this man can no longer live without his girlfriend, and this is what has come from her demise.
Similarly, the screengrab above shows our use of the colour corrector tool within Final Cut. This has allowed us to alter the saturation, emphasisng the deep colours that we have purposefully used to portray the anger felt. The colour corrector merely adds to this and helps to fully suggest the anger, and dark emotions felt. It also helps to separate our protagonist from his surroundings showing his isolation.
As show by the viewing area in the screengrab above, another edit we have used to add to the psychedelic effect is a layered split screen effect, and this is achieved by changing the offset of the image. This technique really gives a feel for the state our protagonist is in, giving a dizziness like sensation, portraying the effect that the alcohol has had on the character, but also the hallucinations induced by it.

Overall, editing techniques have been an extremely useful way of emphasising various emotions through hallucinatory like techniques, such as that above. These are not achievable through camera, however they were necessary in showing the distraught nature of our protagonist, and showing the effects that his alcoholism has on him.

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