Film Editing - Changes to Ideas

As mentioned in a previous post, we had an idea of what we wanted to do with the editing of our trailer before we started. Some of these were definite idea - such as editing to the music - and others were ideas of what to add in if we had the time, like adding in animation. Due to none of us having used the editing software before, we weren't sure what it offered and so our initial ideas were based upon other softwares we've used.

We originally wanted silence in the middle of the trailer to put emphasis on the voiceover but had to fade a song over this part to make the two main music tracks of the trailer blend. It sounded better this way because the fast-paced music didn't come in so suddenly and it allowed us to extend the end of the first song. We also decided that the silence wasn't necessary for emphasis as it's not Holly speaking and therefore it makes her voiceovers stand out more.

Initially, we didn't plan on adding the green screen at the beginning or the institutional information at the end but realised while watching other's trailers that it made it seem more professional. I kept the fonts and styles used as similar to what actual film trailers have to make our trailer seem more realistic.

I wanted to animate the title so that the circles moved on one at a time but couldn't find out how to - and couldn't find a way that wouldn't take up too much time - so I changed the transitions to a simple wipe and fade, which had a professional look to it. I also didn't know how to animate the title but when putting the candle being blown out before it, a fade looked more effective when showing the title so we decided to do that.

While figuring out how to make the two main songs blend, we tried adding in a scream at the start of the fast-paced section but it didn't have any effect other than making people jump and cringe (which they didn't like) so we took it out. This also stopped the shots being edited in time to the music and we decided that that would be more effective so we made it the bigger priority.