Color Grading

    Color grading is something that we could easily utilize, as it fits our genre and film style. We are making a detective/crime action movie, so using a grey-styled color grading over our film could help us achieve the look we are going for. Color grading is a widely used technique used in many films just like ours, so it was quite easy to find inspiration.

As seen above, color can play a big part in a scene's mood or overall feeling. Giving a film a grey or green color grading can give a much more dark and mysterious feel to the entire film. In our case, we want to give as much a mysterious feel as possible, which is why a grey or maybe green color grading could help our film exponentially. While lighting may be important, digitally altering the overall color of the film is the easiest way to achieve a dark and sinister look. Making sure to not over saturate the colors is important, as it can quickly make a high quality scene look subpar.

    The best example of good color grading is Twilight, in this case, the entire movie was given a grey/green color grade. This effect gave the film an extremely dark and shadowy effect, which is perfect for a movie about vampires. Without this color grade, I think the film wouldn't have been nearly as good, as it completely changed the way I viewed the movie. It made the characters fit their roles much better, giving them a more pale and vampire look. Using a color grade in our case could give us the old-time, detective look that we are striving to achieve.