Hello everyone, it's me Sherjil! Back with another blog. Today I will go over the color gradation and effects I have applied during my editing process. Here are a couple of colors that were applied throughout.
Applying The Color Blue:
I applied a blue color effect when the sign, “Welcome Dhost,” shows up. As I mentioned earlier, I had friends complaining that the sign was not legible. I came up with the idea to change the color of the scene to blue not only to make it more legible, but also because it fits the purpose of this scenario. The sign, “Welcome Dhost,” is used to welcome guests into a lost neighborhood. From what we learned about the color blue, it is a versatile color that can represent a wide range of emotions, such as feeling isolated or trapped. Applying this color to the sign underscores vulnerability and signals that the characters are entering a neighborhood where a threat may be present. To add the color, all I did was click the color option and set the effect to 100 so the sign would stand out more and be easier to read.
Applying A Western Filter:
The Western filter is an effect in iMovie that creates a warm, sepia-like color palette, mainly using brown, orange, and dark shadow tones. I applied this color effect during the scene where the antagonist responds, “It kinda is, you know,” to the protagonist when he asks why the garage is open. This color helps create a warm tone that looks harmonious but still unsettling. It suggests that the antagonist is acting suspiciously and hints that something dangerous may happen, or that he may be involved in something secretive. Using this effect is especially effective because it makes the car scene feel darker, more unsettling, and more suspicious, which are all common qualities that help build tension in a horror-thriller.
Similarly, during the editing process, I applied the Vintage filter to this garage scene, where we see the protagonist look closely at how messy the garage is. This effect adds dark, red, orange, and shadow-heavy tones, which makes the setting feel warmer in color but far more disturbing in meaning. Instead of the garage looking normal or harmless, I utilized the filter to make the setting feel more hidden, eerie, and dangerous, suggesting that something is wrong within this space. This effect in iMovie was used to make the garage feel visually more intense and to show that this location is not just messy; this was done by having the color shaded at its highest, 100. The effect helps make it an important place where danger and mystery are starting to build in the horror-thriller opening.
Another color effect I applied throughout the editing process was the Camo effect. I utilized this filter to make certain scenes look warmer while also making the lighting and background appear dimmer. This helped bring out greater visual detail and made the scenes feel darker and grimmer than the original footage. As a result, it increases the sense of vulnerability and allows the audience to more clearly see the isolated and unsettling atmosphere surrounding the characters. To achieve this purpose at the right moment, I applied the Camo effect during the sequence from when the body is being picked up until the backyard scene.
Applying The Blast Filter:
During post-production, I utilized the Blast filter in iMovie to build suspense as the antagonist gets closer to the protagonist to prepare to hit him with the pebbles. In the editing software, I readjusted the levels of shade/brightness of the color to exactly 49, so the green tint is not overpowering the shot but noticeable. This was important because I could allow the audience to still clearly see the antagonist moving closely, while the darker green tone and shadows made the garage feel more eerie and unsettling. Keeping the effect at 49 created a balanced look where the color enhanced the tension of the moment and helped with the pacing of foreshadowing the violence that is about to happen.
Similarly, I utilized the same color concept, but this time it is a different variation of the green color, the “Blockbuster” effect in iMovie, but this time I made the color much darker to emphasize the fear, panic, and distress of the protagonist. The Blockbuster filter was utilized to add deeper shadows and darker green tones, which makes the scene feel more suspenseful and visually threatening towards the shot. By using this effect, I am able to show how scared and helpless the protagonist feels in the moment. Instead of having the original shot of the whole scene be dark, we were able to mix our mise en scène concept of a scene in a horror-thriller being dark and grimy. The green helps apply more tension for the audience and has the film represented with building more tension.
Reflection:
Overall, using these color effects throughout my editing process helped me realize how important color grading is in creating the mood of a horror-thriller. Each filter was not just added for its style, but for a specific reason, whether it was to make a scene feel more eerie, suspicious, dark, or intense. Through this process, I learned that editing can strongly affect how the audience reacts to each moment and how they understand the atmosphere of the story. Enough chit-chatting, we need to start wrapping up our editing production. The time is clicking in.
The next day will be the final day where I wrap up editing. I just need to add a couple of things such as opening sequences and certain transitions that will help make the film opening move smoother.
For now, I will be signing off.
See ya guys in the next post!
We are so close towards finishing up for the moment we have been waiting for.
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