As discussed in my previous two interview colour grading posts, I haven't quite found the effect that I've been looking for. However, after discussing with my course technican and a colleague, I was told that the style I was looking for was called a vignette - this idea of softening the corners of an image by darkening the colour, creating this cinematic effect. Therefore, I took this information onboard and decided to research how to create this effect using Premiere.
I eventually came across a video on YouTube from a YouTuber named Best Video Tutorials and Help from HowTech'.
The tutorial was very simple yet helpful. It expanse that the vignette is made by simply creating a circle on the title page that covers the majority of the image, in which is then reversed and made black to create the edges in each corner, before finally being blurred to give the vignette look. Nonetheless, I named the title 'Vignette' as shown below and created my circle.
Naming the title 'vignette'
Creating the circle in the title tool
However, to make the circle appear on the chosen layer, you then have to link the chosen layer with the title layer using the 'track matte' effect, so that the chosen area only is targeted.
This then leads you to create your blur - the video suggests you can use any blur however I chose the 'gaussian' blur as this is the one I'm most familiar with. It enables you to alter the intensity of the blur plus allowing you to choose which dimension you want the blur to occur ie. horizontally or vertically.
Nonetheless, below are some examples of the vignette in place during some of DownStage's interviews. As you can see, the corners are darkened which help to create this cinematic feel.
Original Image - Opening interview with Alex
Vignette image
Original Image - Chantelle's first interview
Vignette Image
Original Image - Maddie's first interview
Vignette Image
Original Image - Ruby's Interview
Vignette Image
Original Image - Pauls last interview
Vignette Image
To conclude, although this might not seem like a major change for yourself, I feel this effect is exactly what I've been looking for to give the interviews this cinematic style. With combination with the creative tool effect by enhancing the colours and adding a contrast, I feel images like the ones above have created a more effective and cinematic feel for DownStage's interview shots.
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