When Colour Correcting the footage, I first open up Adobe Premiere, setting my file to the same format as the camera used. Once I was in the Dashboard I then dragged the files into Premiere’s Media Bin so they are easy to access.
After this I drag the footage into the timeline in the order it was shot. We took multiple takes from different angles so we could change the shot accordingly without losing the flow of the scene. When we want the shot to change to one of the other angles we filmed, we take out the part in question and replace it with the corresponding section from the other take.
The first thing we do to colour correct the film is use the Colour Balance effect in the Effects Tab. We drag it onto the clip in the timeline to apply it and then manipulate the properties of the effect in ‘Effect Controls’. We can then move the sliders to change various strengths on the RBG colour scale, which in turn affect the clip in different ways.
After getting the desired Color, we can also change the Contrast and Brightness to also adjust the Color Correction Effect. While doing so we make sure to check the YC Waveform display. This Display shows us the strength of the colours as a frequency in the clip. If the frequency goes above 100 at any point, it means that the parts above that line will only display as white. We make sure not to go over 100 or below 0 to maintain the integrity of the image.
Now that we’ve added our colour correction, we export the clip without using any compression methods, so we can move it into Adobe After Effects.
We’ve now moved the clip into Adobe After Effects to make our Vignette. First we add a layer on top of our finished clip which will be used to create a vignette.
When we make the Layer we make a Solid Layer. We make sure it is the same size as the clip and fill the Solid Layer with Black, which will be the colour of our surrounding vignette.
When we use a tool on the layer, It will fill it with a Solid Black. We use an oval tool and draw it in the layer as a mask to create a black oval mask that is centred in the film.
Then we go into our mask setting and change it from Add to Subtract, which inverts the effects of the Mask, surrounding the film with a solid black vignette.
Finally, we change the opacity of the mask and feather it, to smooth the vignette out and push it further into the corners of the film.
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