In this blog post I will be explaining the step undergone to get to our final production.
Lesson 1-
In our first lesson of editing, we imported all of our footage across from the SD card to the school Macs. We created a folder to keep all of our footage and saved drafts. After we had imported all our footage we opened Adobe Premier Pro and created a new file. Next we selected the shots we wanted to use and imported them into Adobe Premier Pro. Next we began to place our shots in the order we wanted them into the timeline. This allowed us to see a rough guideline of what it would look like. We then saved this copy with the title 'evangeline'.
Lesson 2 -
When we arrived in our second lesson of editing we opened up our file that we had been working on in the previous lesson and began to edit the clips together. We started from the beginning of the timeline and cropped each shot to the right length trimming bits from the start and end of each clip. We did this all the way along our timeline, experimenting with different lengths of shots and starting shots from different time frames. We then began to mute the sound on some of the clips as it was either un-needed or there was talking in the background. We then saved our file as 'evangeline2' so that when we came back to our work we knew which was our latest copy of the file.
Lesson 3 -
In our third lesson of editing we opened up our 'evangeline2' file and carried on with where we had left off. The majority of this lesson was spent adding transitions to the shots. We tested out a few different options for transitions. We went for cross fade on most shots and dip to black on POV shots as this made it look like a blink giving it a more realistic effect. Once we had done all the transitions we began to search for background music for our piece. We found lots of different sound tracks that we liked and we played them all alongside our footage to see which fitted best. Finally, we imported the soundtrack to Adobe Premier Pro and from there dragged it onto the timeline, underneath the footage. We then trimmed the soundtracked to fit the length of our piece and added fade in and fade out transitions to allow the music to build up. This created a more eerie feel to the piece and wasn't too loud and abrupt at the beginning. We then saved our file as 'evangeline3'.
Lesson 4 -
In our fourth lesson we added titles and credits. We placed them over the top of the footage and tried out different fonts and colours. We decided on Adobe Carlson Pro for the credits and Tratello for the title. We chose to make most of our writing black but we had one credit and the title as white. This was because of the colouring of the footage. We added transitions to our credits and titles to fit the footage. We chose to use cross fade transitions at the beginning and end of each credit. We then saved our file as 'evangeline4'.
Lesson 5 -
During our fifth lesson we had our first edit check in with our teacher. This involved us showing our most up to date project file to our teacher and receiving feedback on the positives and how to improve.The first bit of feedback we were given was to have a slower fade in of the credits and titles in order to allow more time for it to be read and to make the piece flow better. The second piece of feedback we were given was to change all our opening shots to dip to black to slow down the pace. Another piece of feedback we were given was to consider putting our credits onto a black screen however, we tried this out and decided we didn't like it as much as the credits rolling over the footage so changed it back. A positive piece of feedback we were given was that our choice of music was good and fitted well with the piece. The final piece of feedback we were given was to move the 'Directed by' titles to later on in the piece to allow the audience time to take in the initial storyline. We then applied all these feedback points to our work and saved our file as 'evangeline5'.
Lesson 6 -
In our sixth lesson we decided to add some effects to our piece. We decided to make the first 3 clips of, Evangeline running, black and white. We did this to create a sense of mystery about her character and to show that the footage was shot previous to the time that the man was there which suggests that she has been living in the woods for a while. After receiving feedback from our focus group that the scenes in colour were too bright we decided to add effects to these to make them darker. To do this we tried many different preset effects however, they were all to bold in colour so we decided to experiment with the saturation of the video clip. This allowed us to make the clip darker and create a more convincing eerie setting. We then saved our file as 'evangeline6'.
Lesson 7 -
In lesson seven we asked our teacher to watch our improved production and give us some informal feedback to help us move the piece on further. The feedback we were given was that some of the shots in our footage were not well placed. In her opinion the shots we used gave away too much of the film in the opening. To improve we removed these shots to create a more cliff hanger opening which would draw an audience into watching the rest of our film. During this lesson we also played around with the speed of some of our shots. We sped up the black and white shots at the beginning to make it seem like she was running fast as if she was trying to keep out of sight. We slowed down the black and white clip of Evangeline running at the end of the piece. We did this to slow down the pace of the opening as a bridge into the main body of the film allowing the audience some time to remember what they have seen so that they can easily follow the story line. We then saved the file as 'evangeline7'.
Lesson 8 -
During our eighth lesson we had our second edit check in with our teacher. In this session we received some good feedback that we were able to apply to our project to improve it and make it look more professional. The first piece of feedback we were given was to make all of our fonts the same. We took this into consideration and found a font that we like for both the title and the credits. We also tried out using the font in bold and italic swell. Finally, we settled on having Adobe Carlson Pro in italic for the credits and Adobe Carlson Pro in bold and italic for the title. The second piece of feedback we were given was to make the colour of the text the same on all of the credits. We decided that with our now darker shots that white would stand out more and be easier to read. The final piece of feedback we were given was to make the transitions longer to slow down the pace. Originally the transitions were only 1 second long so to slow the pace we made each transition 3 seconds long. We then saved our file as 'evangeline8'.
Lesson 9 -
In our final lesson of editing we watched over our work to ensure we were happy with it. Next we rendered our piece so that it ran smoothly and was of high quality. We did this by going to sequence at the top left of the screen and going down to Render In to Out. We then exported our final piece ready for our teacher to upload to Youtube for examination. We did this by clicking File > Export > Media this brought us to the export setting menu. Next, we went to format and selected H.264. Then, we clicked preset and scroll down to Youtube 720p. Finally, we clicked Export and waited for the file to export.
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