Short Excerpt Progress 2

As I mentioned in my previous blog post, the subway sequence was still at a very rough stage. My intention was to push the visuals further, which I did by experimenting with colour grading and different layering effects on Premiere Pro. I liked the effect of a red-dominant colour grade, with high contrast and sharpness, as it reminded me of the look of burnt or expired film. This also transformed the subwy pattern into something very corporeal, almost cell-like. I continued to experiment and refine the colour grade in later progress excerpts until I was happy with it and felt like it invoked exactly the feeling I was after.