Before I began the editing process of my I needed to have an idea of what style of editing I wanted to approach and decided to look for some inspiration. Amongst my findings I found a current example that I could use in order to help me figure out the type of style of editing I want for my teaser trailer. The teaser trailer to Paranormal Activity 2 is a perfect aid in what I want to figure out and by analysing this trailer I should be able to get the inspiration to make my teaser trailer the best I can. from analysing this teaser trailer I found that the editing included a lot of eerie sound effects but at the same time it worked brilliantly in working with the diegetic sound of the actual film. A lot of static is used to create an eerie effect, which is an attribute that I want trailer to have.
One thing that is crucial is that i remember that the time limit on my trailer cannot be more than 1 minute and 40 seconds as the conventional length for a teaser trailer is not long at all. Although the Paranormal Activity2 trailer is 1 minute and 9 seconds i have more content to fit in than just CCTV footage. What I am hoping to re create is something that is concise and that teases the audience into wanting more. In addition to this, I must keep in mind my target audience at all times and make sure I steer what I produce towards them.
The program that i used was Final cut pro as it is the best editing software on the market. however, it being the best means that it is also very complicated for a beginner like myself to use it. Before I began to use it I looked and some tutorials on YouTube to figure out how to do the basics on Final Cut. After teaching myself the basics Tried to import the footage from my camera onto my computer and found that there was a slight problem, my computer couldn't read the files. With this problem in place I did some research and found that I had to simply convert my files to a more generic, readable one. After this minor glitch I realised that before i actually edited anything i had to find out what footage I wanted to use.
After choosing the footage that I wanted I was then able to begin editing my footage together in an to make a teaser trailer
Firstly, I imported my footage onto final cut pro and it was only then i could begin to choose parts of the clip that I wanted. For each piece of footage I imported, I chose a IN and OUT point so that i used only the bit of the footage I wanted to use. I found this very helpful as this erased the unnecessary parts of a piece of footage that I did not exactly need. After doing this for all the clips and began experimenting with final cut and added some cool effects onto some of my videos and at the beginning of my trailer such as a text card. One thing i found difficult was the getting a piece of footage in between another piece of footage whilst deleting the soundtrack as I did not want to include some of the background noises in the scenes that o wanted to be silent or have dialogue running over it. I found that, through a tutorial, by using keys on the keyboard I was able to separate audio and video tracks on the timeline and could move them freely to my heart's content. In addition to this, I discovered the chopper tool which allowed me to split up tracks, whether it be video or audio. By learning how to do these two things I was able to edit more effectively and managed to do what I wanted. Once i edited the footage together I added my title card at the end which read PARADOX. Now that my raw footage has been tamed and cut together i can begin to include some sound FX and edit more effectively by using transitions.
Next I was able to find some cool Sound FX on the web that tailored for the eerie effect I was going for and I downloaded the ones that I thought would be the best and imported them into Final Cut pro. Using the chopper tool and sound tools on Final cut Pro I was able place sound effects effectively and adjust the volume levels of each so that it wouldn't make the initial dialogue unclear. I also Cross faded some of the audio so that the sound didn't stop and start at the end of each track, so instead it would fad out of one track and fade into the next smoothly and didn't make my work sound distorted. I listened to all the Sound FX's before I chose the appropriate ones for my work and I also experimented with different sounds in different places and at different volumes. This helped me get an idea of what sound would work best with what part of the video. Another key thing I kept in mind whilst I was editing the sound and that was that it was in time with certain parts of my video. For example, The thud sound FX I used whilst Patient 13 was drawing was timed so that a thud would sound after every cut. This lead me on to editing the video effectively with video transitions so that I used different styles of cuts, fades etc. The majority of my video has straight forward cuts as I wanted a rough editing approach to this work to compliment the video footage aspect of my footage. Furthermore, I neatened up bits that I thought looked a bit odd and edited in the transitions accordingly. An example of this is where Dr Jones says 'Patient 13', I put a transition so that it fades to footage of patient 13 as soon as he says it. All these little things are things that i learnt through my research and with my editing concluded for now, I hope people notice it. The working together of Non-Diegetic and Diegetic sound was a difficult to accomplish, especially with video chucked in aswell, but I think I have managed to pull it off to the best of my ability.
After editing I found that my teaser trailer stood at a perfect 1 minute and 36 seconds in length, which means is it not too long and is enough to fit the teaser category, which is key if I want to fulfil the set brief and ticking all the boxes. It also follows the industry conventions of this.
My next step is to show my work to a focus group at school and acquiring feedback so that i can enhance my work and make it to the best of my ability. I believe the editing process went well for the fact that i have never used Final Cut Pro and for the simple fact that i taught myself well through tutorials. In addition tot his, I believe I have captured my visualisation of what I wanted my teaser trailer to look like from the get go.
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