Coppola Edit

These are images I took around the house in the style of Coppola mainly the films, The Virgin Suicides, The Bling Ring, Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette.

I edited the pictures on Photoshop only changing colour temperature/tones to either a warm or cold colour palette. The decision on the warm or cold tones depended on the natural lighting and how I could enhance the colours to its temperature. For example, the bedroom lighting had a mix of red, pink, purple and yellow. So I created an enhancement of each colour in 7 shots with Photoshop. However I didn't want all colours to be blended in as just one colour, I wanted to still be able to see the original objects colours.

The last photograph of the mirror is a good example as the TV is on, the lighting from the screen created a colour of blue and purple. But you can see the original lighting in the mirror of a yellow tone. Editing the photograph, I kept that colour as well as other pieces in the shot for it to be realistic and able to easily see what is in the shot. I did this because detail is important in Coppola's films. Especially in bedroom environments, the personality is created so the audience can understand the character by thinking simple things like, why did they stick that picture on the wall?

This point is further created in the study (room). I chose this room because it was different in gender, its a room created and used by a man. It is in a way his own bedroom, the colour aesthetic is darker, blues, whites, blacks and browns. The room is surrounded by artwork, figures, books etc. its authentic. You can clearly see its being used as books or papers are left lying around or placed and forgotten about. This is a key feature I would definitely like to include in my short film, rather than an empty frame, the frame should be filled with a narrative to think about even if there isn't a character in the shot.

I edited these shots of the study (room) in not only temperature tones, I experimented with contrast and brightness. This was because I tried to imitate Coppola's dreamscape effects, creating a faded look. It didn't work to what I imagined, I also didn't particularly like the effect with these shots because I learned, from editing the shots in Poland, that natural light is needed (sunlight).