Final Cut

These are some screen shots from my working progress so far using Final Cut to produce my teaser trailer. This is my second time using Final Cut as I previously used it in year 12 to produce the opening of a film. So far I am progressing well with using the programme and have remembered all the resources and tools I have used from last year. I think it would be a good idea if I experimented and developed my skills by using more and different transitions, as well as trying to edit some of the clips my editing the lighting or putting filters over the top to see how this affects the footage that I have. The bottom screenshot shows a bit of the clip of the diary used within my teaser trailer and the extreme close up focusing on just a few of the words. So far, it has worked well and looks good where some of the shots zoom in and out. I will be getting some target audience feedback over the next couple of weeks so that I can make any amendments and changes I need to, to make it better and to appeal to my target audience.

I firstly started putting my clips together and putting them into a rough order by selecting all the clips I thought could work well and placing them on the lines. I then went through and chose the clips that were the best quality and cut down the timings so that I only had the parts of the clips that I wanted. Next I put the clips into a rough order and then added simple transitions to make the footage flow better and so I could see a rough idea as to what it was looking like when put altogether. I still need to add in and consider the text within my trailer, which I have already had some practice with on Live type and made some fairly simplistic titles which could potentially be added into my teaser trailer. A factor I need to make sure I remember is that this is a teaser trailer and they normally last around 30- 60 seconds, which at the minute I have a lot more footage and the timings is above 1 minute, but when I have my audience feedback I am hoping that it will allow me to make the changes and make sure that my timings are correct.

Another factor I wanted to make sure I got right was the lighting as this was something that I had trouble getting right last year. So far the lighting of my footage has been fine with the lighting and it is all clear enough. There is just one section with the girl within my footage that is considerably darker, but there is something about it that I think personally it could work really well. However, I again will wait until I get some of my audience feedback before I decide on whether or not that footage will be included or if it will need to be changed.