Saturation

Saturation

Brief: This video shows how we used saturation to alter the mood and tone of our shots

Storytelling with Saturation

The use of saturation within our piece allowed us to outline the abstract narrative for the audience.

The low saturation at the beginning of the sequence demonstrates to the audience that at this point in the story, the life of the female character is boring and dull. The fact that the saturation increases greatly during the one shot of the band's front-man foreshadows the events that happen later on in the video.

Low saturation is also used during the scene in the city (Camden Town). This is to contrast with the high saturation used in the following field scene. This portrays the idea to the audience that she has transitioned from seeing the world in a dull and boring way to having a much more positive perspective.

The fact that this high saturation remains after the field scene when she returns to the town and later to her house shows that the she has learned a lesson of sorts and now sees the entire world in a more positive way. This gives our narrative a story arch rather than just simply a series of things happening, giving our sequence more meaning and depth for our audience to appreciate.

The first and last shot, as shown above, are framed in exactly the same way. The main difference between them is the saturation being very low in the former and very high in the latter. This technique rounds off the narrative and compares the mood/tone at the beginning of the sequence with that at the end of the sequence.