Color is a powerful signal in video; it can subtly project emotion, mood, time of day, and location. Learn to manipulate these visual elements in a variety of shots, from interior spaces to outside landscapes, with color grading. Filmmaker, colorist, and experienced editor Simon Walker shows how to simulate a light source and different types of light, and choose an evocative color for your footage to tell the story of a particular location. Plus, learn techniques to change the time of day, the type of room, and the overall mood of a location.

Simon works with Adobe Premiere Pro and the Magic Bullet Colorista II and Looks plugins, but these lessons can be applied to any color correction workflow.

 

Topics include:

• How our eyes see color
• What colors tell the audience
• Making sure color is consistent
• Applying adjustments in the correct order
• Understanding how warm and cool colors frame emotion differently
• Isolating and adjusting skies
• Changing the time of day with color
• Designing interiors like an office, a hospital, or an interrogation room
• Creating fake depth of field
• Full Exercise files