Intro - Winter Scene
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Enhanced the blues in the shadows and midtones in order to achieve a colder colour palette which connotes and makes obvious that it is based in the winter months. This also amplfies the fact that the town doesn't get any direct sunlight in winter months. Here the town looks very dark and bleak which works very well in contrast with the other scenes in the spring.
Middle section - Spring
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Here is the hint of the return of the sun and this scene is based in the spring so here I have bumped up the saturation levels to bring out the greens in the trees but still keep a cold tone in the shadowed valley which contributes to the idea that the town is still in the shadows, not quite in the sunlight. The provides a perfect middle ground and bridge to the ending as the overall colour scheme gradually gets warmer and more saturated as the documentary develops and progresses.
End - Return of the sun
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In this last scene the sun is back in the town of Rjukan. So therefore I have altered the colour grade accordingly in order to make it look much warmer through the introduction of more yellow/orange and red mid tones shadows and highlights. This colour grade works very well as it mirrors the progression of the narrative and contrasts the winter and spring months very well.
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