Due to the red scarf being used as a motif for stolen identity throughout my film trailer, I wanted to find a way to make it stand out against the rest of the footage. Despite all of my protagonists costume being black, the red scarf was a prominent aspect of her appearance due to it being the only distinguishable piece of clothing she wears that isn't black. However, due to the lighting used in my film, the red colour of the scarf didn't stand out as much as I had wanted it to. I wanted the scarf to stand out to the extent where other than her face, the red scarf was the only thing that stood out about her physical appearance to the audience.
Initially, I had decided to desaturate the colour of the footage in the background which would in turn make the red appear more intense against the neutral colours of her costume/the background.
When experimenting with ways in which I could achieve this in Premiere Pro, I was able to make the background black and white but leave in any red colouring. This immediately makes the scarf stand out over anything else in the frame. However, some of colouring in the scarf matched the colour in her lips. Therefore, a small amount of her mouth is shown in colour (see second screenshot). I will have to experiment by cropping this section of footage to make it black and white.
This effect is also used in Spielberg's 1993 film 'Schindler's List', where all of the footage is in black and white apart from a little girl's red coat. Like in my trailer where the red scarf is a motif for my protagonist's stolen identity, the red coat in 'Schindler's List' is symbolic; the little girl in the red coat acts as a catalyst for the saving of more than 1000 Jewish lives during the Holocaust in Spielberg's adaptation.
Excellent.
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