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Exploring Specialist Pathways 2

Screenshot 1 Raw.

This is a screen shot of the unedited footage, as you can tell the colours are extremely bland and the shot doesn't really stand out, it looks extremely basic. 
Screenshot 1.2 Edit.

The same clip but the blacks within the shot are more noticeable, and the reds turned up a little to give it more of a warmer feel. Im not a huge fan of this edit, but it has enhanced it a little- its added more depth and looks a more interesting. 
If i was to see this edit on a programme or film, i wouldn't really notice the colour correction, as it looks like it has been filmed on a stormy day(?!)
I may not use this for the final edit, but this is definitely an improvement from the raw footage.

Screenshot 1.3 Further Edit

In this screen shot i have experimented more with the colour- not of the whole shot but of the sky, i was carrying on with the red-ish stormy theme of the last screen shot. 
i have yet to figure out how to feather the outside of the selection i was editing... 
I feel that i am understanding the basics of After Effects a little more now, and i am starting to see the ways i can improve the grading in this shot eg. the whites need to be turned up a little and the red toned down, maybe the buildings could be 'highlighted' to add a bit more colour to the shot too.
Screenshot 1.4 

From changing the colour of the sky has completely changed the mood of the shot, it looks a lot brighter and sunnier- it has more of a natural feel.

Even though it looks brighter, i havent changed the exposure levels or turned up the whites. 

It still needs more tweaking, but i am quite happy with how this shot looks regarding the grading.

Research

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Research
I have chosen a few tutorials off of youtube to look at to show the multiple ways of enhancing raw footage in the post production stages.
This video is a short 'music video' advertisement for Adobe, to show what can be achieved using Adobe software. 



The before and after split screen helps to show the viewer how much enhancement the footage has actually undertaken. Its completely obvious in this video that effects and colour grading has been used, even if the 'before' split screen wasn't shown. 
The use of a Green Screen sharpens the effect and makes it look realistic, without the green screen some of the effects could not be used-  Such as the floating scene. 
The lighting of the set is also a key feature, even though the highlights can be added in the editing process, using the lighting on the set will make the shot look more professional and will add natural highlights, so if these were added on in the editing suite the effect of the highlights will still be there but wont look as 'natural' as it does when there is lighting on set, it can also look grainy.