The Morning After Analysis

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The Morning After, produced and directed by Amy Harris, is a film about a law student, Ella, who is unable to balance her social and academic lives. Ella, the protagonist, has set a goal to be a top class lawyer but the desire to live a socially acceptable life leads her to being easily persuaded into excessive partying and drinking (Harris, A). Ella is surrounded by peer pressure and negative influences that impact her life which results in her being forced to ultimately make the decision to what extent she will let the chaos continue.
A reference for The Morning After is the television series Modern Family. Modern Family is a documentary style comedy. The colorist of Modern Family is Aidan Stanford. Aidan Stanford is the former color timer …show more content…

He tries to keep the grading very minimalistic. I kind of have that approach on everything I do. Unless I 'm doing something stylized where I need a key upstream.

The Morning After is shot to appear as if the events take place at night in the beginning of the film and then in the morning for the rest, and most, of the film. The film will be shot in the production design studio. In order for optimum grading flexibility the film will be shot raw and flat making it easier to grade during the post production process. This is an idea of what the set will look like/ original picture
Aidan Stanford not to “crush the scenes or make them look too video-y and affected…but instead creating an even balance”. In Modern Family Aidan Stanford makes the interiors at night are warmer. In The Morning After this is the effect I will use this effect. The first scene of the film takes place at a “club”. On set there will be lighting used with colourful filters to create this club scene. The lighting temperature will be warm with a slight increase in saturation as well as a slight increase in contrast. There will be a high focus on the gamma and the lift (blacks in the frame) with less focus on the gain (whites in the frame). The skin tone temperature of the character will be graded to