Adding Filters

Whilst editing our music video it became apparent to my group and myself that our shots, despite the similar setting and mise-en-scene, didn't look identical to the Reservoir Dogs clips and Stealers Wheel production. We therefore felt the need to add some form of colour scheme or filter in order for our production to look more retro/indie. All shots (performance, parody and behind-the-scenes) had the filter added to them in order for our chosen genre, indie/folk, to be obvious throughout our entire video. The colour scheme we chose and the saturation adjustment from the filter also made the clips appear more aged and 1970's based despite the modern, high quality camera footage. In order to gain the perfect filter my group and I decided to do some research into custom vintage filters and how to correctly adjust and apply them. The link below provided us with great help and tips on how to correctly pull off such a big change in saturation, brightness, contrast, highlights and shadows. http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/how-to-create-vintage-video-effects-in-adobe-premiere

As you can see the filter and colour scheme we eventually chose highlighted and emphasised the reds and shadows of the shot, giving it a more vintage feel. The filter also dimmed/dulled down the bright colours of the performance shots as well as the behind the scenes footage, once again highighlighting the warmth of the shots. These adjustments created a much more vintage shot that suited our chosen indie/folk genre and also implemented a more frequent and continuous theme of 1970's throughout.