Post-production: Coloring

Post production has begun! We are almost nearing the end of the project and i've begun with the most crucial part of this entire film opening which is the coloring. We are using this factor as a tool to help convey certain symbols and meaning to the audience in ways that we can associate with color. I have attempted a couple examples and i'd like to show them.

First example:

As you can see by this before and after picture, I am editing the first minute of the scenes in a vibrant but also spooky at the same time kind of way. I am saturating the scenes so it could have some of the essence that of an 80s slasher, but the low exposure and use of vignette helps still hold the true elements of a spooky and mysterious slasher film. 

Of course we want to still keep the genre conventions of these films, but we do want to create our own creative element too. 

Second example: 

Now, this 2nd example is a lot to take in and I completely understand if you don't really like it yet, but i'm trying to create an artistic expression using color to convey death and dread. Like the scene is supposed to overwhelming and over stimulating in a way and maybe even sometime you want to look away, but that is exactly how the character feels in the film as well. This use of color puts the audience in the main characters shoes and allows them to feel a semblance of what she feels.

I understand that this may not be a popular choice to go with, but i'm hoping that it's effective in the way that I want it to be perceived in. We will alter some of the like shadows and maybe lower the exposure a little more but this is the idea of what I want going on in this portion.