Film Filters and Effects.

Colour Filters

For our music video, we want to create an 'old look', therefore we looked into what colour filters will be applied. This 'old look' will help give the sense of reminiscence, which is one of the key themes in our music video. We wanted to achieve a look similar to the one created in this clip:

After carrying out research, this effect is often achieved by applying faint blue and yellow filters either to the camera when filming, or in post production whilst editing. I experimented with these filters on a photo to see if I could achieve the same effect. Here it the original photograph:

I then applied a 'Cross Process' filter, which was achieved by adding yellow yellow and blue filters on photoshop. I also adjusted the contrast slightly, so the image looks slightly more distinctive. Colour filters are something that can also be applied to film in Adobe Premier pro, therefore after previously experimenting with colour filters I will know which ones to apply.

Here is the 'Cross Processed' image:

In our music video we also want to apply a film grain effect where the flashbacks are used, to help portray the fact that these shots are flashbacks. We thought this would work more effectively than using effects such as a grayscale filter as it would look too abrupt in between the shots with colour. I experimented with film grain effects on Windows Movie Maker, utilising different strengths of the 'Film Age' effect to see which effect looked the most successful. I used a series of photographs similar to the shots we will take to apply these effects onto. Here is the result of my experiments:

From this I discovered that the 'Film Age (Older)' effect is the most successful. The 'Film Age (Old)' effect is barely visible in these clips and I feel that the change in the shots would not be distinctive enough for the audience to distinguish that those shots are flashbacks. On the other end of the spectrum, the 'Film Age (Oldest)' effect is too strong and makes the image difficult to see. As a result of these tests we will apply the 'Film Age (Older)' effect to the flashback clips in our music video.