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How we composed and edited our film

 

Composition Setting:

 

We had to make our composition settings equal to the aspect ratio of our footage which was 1920 x 1080. We then had to choose the 'frames per seconds' setting and just like with the aspect ratio we had to make it match our footage which was 24fps.

 

Editing our footage:

 

The main part of the editing process for our film was composing the actual film. The way we went about doing this was to get all of the footage we had filmed onto the mac and into its own folder. This allowed us quick and easy access to all of our footage. We then imported the footage with the import feature which was under options/import. We then had all our footage on Premier Pro. This allowed us to actually put our footage into the sequence. After putting all of our footage into the sequencer we then had to use the clip tool to remove small parts of our film which we decided was not necessary. We also trimmed parts of our film to meet the required film time of two minutes. We then decided that our film didn't give off enough conventions of an action/thriller film. The way we combated this was to go into the video options and added a tint to our film. We edited the tint options so that it gave our film a slight blue tint. After doing this the original colour of our film seemed to have faded so we went back into the video options and added hue/saturation to all of our footage. We then tinkered with the hue/saturation settings until we found a spot that boosted the colours just right.

 

Adding audio:

 

A very large part of our film is the audio. The way we went about adding audio to our film was to put all of our desired sounds into one file and imported this into Premier Pro much like we did with the footage. We then added these sounds to the sequencer so that we could move them into the desired location. Through using the playback option that Premier Pro offers we were able to review our footage to make 100% sure that the audio matched up with the footage.

 

Transitions:

 

After reviewing our film with the playback option we realised that some of the cuts didn't flow well enough. The way we fixed this was by going into the video option and adding a 'fade to' option to some of the footage we felt didn't flow well enough. This made the shots blend into each other instead of jumping straight to on another.