The main thing to be done in post-production with this scene was reducing the grain. I filmed in low light, which was retrospectively a bad idea seen as I was filming with a camera of poorer quality that would make this appear worse.
I clicked on the clip I was editing and used 'replace with After Effects composition.' This meant that any editing done in After Effects would be transferred to Premiere as opposed to exporting as a different composition and importing this into Premiere. I added effects such as 'reduce grain' and 'sharpen' and adjusted the amounts in various settings. For example, I switched the sample selection to 'manual' so that I could target the areas with the most grain myself. This allowed After Effects to analyse a more accurate pattern of noise.
These are the alterations I made...
I labelled the clips when they were edited as 'rose' coloured so that it was easily visible to me which ones were already done.
Overall, I am much happier with the appearance of these shots, as seen with this comparison of before and after...
I quite like the hazy effect over the shots because it looks like a happy fantasy, which will make the consequent bullying more of a shock to the audience. However, I have not lost too much definition in the shots as I sharpened them again slightly and did not reduce the grain too much.
I still need to add my audio and two shots to this but I am happier with the appearance and flow of the first scene; I did not want to begin with grainy, unprofessional shots as audiences would be less likely to continue watching.
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