Making day look like night

Due to the erratic nature of the sunset in winter, our shots are either too dark or too bright; we have filmed in both daylight and the sunset, both of which aren't ideal because the daylight is too bright and the sunset is too quick and there is not enough time to do all the shots we would like in that time. In the first shot it is relatively dark, halfway through the shot is almost entirely black, therefore we can't use those shots.

So I have come up with the idea to edit the shots using Final Cut Express to make simple bright days look as if it is night time. This will solve our problems with shots becoming too dark as they will ALL be shot in the daylight and edited the same to look as if it is at the exact same time. This will be rather simple and the final product shouldn't be too bad, although I assume some quality may be lost and it may not look like 'true' night, just dark blue. Although we will attempt to use the equipment and software to the best of our ability.



Although this will be pretty straight forward, I have found a simple tutorial on how this may be achieved. Using the same methods as the tutorial will be quick and enable us to get a half decent product. This may be the only way to make the daylight look as if it is night using this software. We can experiment with the software to try to get the best out of the film clip, although altering it in this way could easily lower the quality. .