Editing effects I have used in my film

Dream world:

For the dream world I wanted to create a happy atmosphere, as well as keeping it obvious to the audience that these scenes are in a dream. To do this I have increased the brightness, keeping it very distinct from the real world as well as increasing the vividness of the greens of the grass, a key point to this scene as it connotes nature, a complete contrast to the gritty real world. I have also created a soft border of white around the shots, which has connotations of innocence which in turn has connotations of youth. I want the audience to be fully aware that this is where the protagonist feels actually happy in his life. 

(All pictures have the original view on the left and the edited view on the right.)

Reality:

For the reality scenes I wanted to create a gritty atmosphere, so I turned the brightness and saturation down, and added a sharpen effect onto the edges in the clips, so it had very defined lines and looked structured (especially against the wall, giving a subtle sense of imprisonment to the audience).