Color grading

Color grading is post-production process used in filmmaking and video editing to alter the appearance of an image for presentation. There are various attributes of an image like contrast, color, saturation, detail, black level, and white balance, which can enhance the production. Color grading and color correction are usually terms that resemble this process and can integrate the generation of artistic color effects through creatively and the making of different layers. (Color grading - Wikipedia)

Color grading helps you create a mood or coherent sensibility with your color palette. Different from color correction, which makes your images look exactly like they appear in real life, color grading conveys a visual tone. (What is color grading and how do I use it? - Adobe)

We have not decided who is editing yet, but for previous projects I have used Davinci, so that is what program I watched a tutorial on.

DaVinci Resolve Color Grading Tutorial (click link for video)

Now why am I doing this research? 

As mentioned, the beginning of our film is going to be colorful which is reflective to the young girl being excited about the sport. Throughout the film as the mood begins to change, we want to lower/change the saturation. This will go from bright to an almost black & white color. I think that this is a great idea and will add a lot more complexity to the film. Someone actually had recommended this in Ana's group meeting. I hope that this will work well and correlate with the concept that we are going for.

I had talked about in my last blog post how we want to show her throughout different ages and the progression of pessimism as the other girls begin to pass her in skill. This will be where a change of color will be shown.

It is still up for debate on how we want to end this film. The reason I bring this up is because we end this with the girl being content, the color will go back to how it was at the beginning, however, the film could become completely black & white, which would show the slow degradation and really captivate the message that we are trying to send. Personally, I would love to end this on a happier note, however, for the sake of complexity and thought of our purpose, I really think that ending the film with no color (especially after starting with a so much) would add a lot to the piece.