Editing my trailer

Once I had added in all the footage of my characters and put it in the order I wanted, I had to go through each individual shot and edit them so that the colours appeared more washed out. This was done by altering the exposure and saturation of the shot. Due to different shots having different lighting each shot would have to be edited slightly differently to make sure they all looked alike.



This video shows me changing the colour effects on the shots and how changing saturation and exposure alters the look of the shot.

After this I decided I should give my characters and title each a customised font. I decided to go with what I had practiced previously and do a wiggle effect, so draw slightly the names twice just slightly different like thicker. I would then have to photograph the names and send them to my computer.



I would then post the photos into final cut, use a mask to edit out most of the background, then manage to add in a negative effect, changing the colours and editing down the darks and increasing the intensity of the lights. After this I also decided that each character should get their own colour for their name and so adding in a colourize effect to the name, and would select the individual colours.



After this I exported my video and then placed it into Filmstro. This allowed me to add a track to my trailer and also edit the momentum, depth and power of it throughout. I could also completely cut it during awkward parts for added effect, then during the starting and end faster pace montage, turn it up full and make it go as fast as it can.