Video update: near completion

This is the video near completion. I exported it to show progress and to see the colour, however, final cut has changed the coding during exporting again! The colour still looks washed out and really is not pleasing to watch. Although some of the footage looks somewhat similar to final cut such as the doll near the black pot in pentagram, other clips look completely different, such as the clip with the purple vase and metal skull. Rather than change it all again in Final Cut, I decided to try  to edit the washed out footage on Youtube itslef. This is the result of the in 'YouTube editing'.

  

From simply looking at the thumbnail you can clearly see the difference the in YouTube editing made. To achieve this effect I increased the saturation on the video by 2; and left the contrast and temperature the same.

This screenshot shows the different with Youtube showing the original and the preview of the clip. In terms of this clip, I prefer the preview version. Not only does it look better lit but it also expresses the atmosphere of candles much better than the washed out original. Although with the preview version is does not actually look natural and the colour correcting is obvious. Despite this, it does look better than the original. 

However, with this clip, I prefer the original because the original emphasises the ghost like charm of 'Paige cavern'. The lips in the original also look better as the look darker and more maroon whereas the preview looks more bright. with the preview, 'Paiges' face is also seems a shade darker, which takes away from the ghost like charm. Also, in the preview, her hair is clearly defined, whereas with the original it looks more blurred out and really pushes to show a pale, ghostly face.


Although it works on some clips better than others, the preview version still looks better with the majority of the video so I will be keeping that.



I also experimented with changing the contrast while keeping the saturation.

As you can see, the preview looks more red and it is darker, emitting more of a fiery red look. Although, on paper, it should fit the theme,  I think here it looks too over done, also this level red did not sit well with the rest of the video. Also the black out looks less defined as the rim towards the bottom of the screen is not lit as well as the rim directly opposite.

 This shows the contrast at 0 with a saturation of 2 as you can see, the bottom of the '7' is not clear at all as the light seems to bright.

This shows the video with a contrast on 1 and saturation of 2. The colour looks overly intense here, even though the 7 is more visible I will stick to 0 contrast.