Changing Font

When reviewing my font, it seemed as if it suited more a of a horror theme than a British Drama, so I went back to look at my other choices of font and chose this one. It's quite simple but some letters are slightly distorted to add to the grittiness of my sequence.

The next step in terms of improving my sequence

Now that i've received feedback and have become aware of what needs to be done I can go back and improve my sequence until it's successful. To do this I will re-shoot considering more of  a narrative, in order to create more of narrative I could bring continuity into my sequence;

• Someone running away
• Someone walking through the estate

Once I've re shooted these clips I will place them in final cut pro, creating a more chronological order.  The soundtrack will remain the same but I want to change my film title and font as they remind me more of a horror genre and not a British Drama.

Title Sequence rough cut feedback

After presenting my rough cut to the class and my treacher, I recieved feedback on what worked well and what could be better. The general points were; to make it link more to the narrative and what the genre is as this is not clear and ensuring the videos are chronological in terms of a narrative and times in the day.

First rough copy

This is my first cut which I'll be presenting to the class. Once I've presented it, I will receive feedback and will then look for any improvements and see if anything needs to be shot to complete the sequence.

Editing Steps

First- First of all I had to cut down the clips as some of them are too long and have irrelevant parts

This is the toolbar which I used, the tool with the slicer is the one I used to crop the clips.

Once the clips were put together, I needed to put a title in to my initial clip, on the left shows how I edited the text and chose my font and on the right you can see how I could move the font to where I wanted it to be. What I also did was change the opacity of the text so the opacity would become lower as the clip went on. I also added text between each shot for the credits, using the same method.

I then wanted to add effects so I used the 'bad film' one to create a dull colour and some flickr, adding to the grittiness of my film.

I also wanted the text to fade, so I had to manually move this line so the opacity would gradually get lower.

Initial Editing/ Adapting to software

Now I have my clips I am going to begin editing on Final Cut Pro. Final Cut Pro is a a video editing software that allows me to put my clips together, add text, change motion etc. It's not to difficult to use but is good for complexity.

This is what it looks like, as you can see there is a timeline at the bottom where the clips positions and length are controlled. The left screen allows editing for individual clips and text and the right screen previews the clips.

Once I converted my clips so they could work with the program, I put them into a sequence so I could drag them to the sequence and but them in order.

This is what the clip looks like when inserted into the sequence, the top bit is the clip and the bottom parts the sound, which can be deleted.

Editing- Order of credits

When adding my credits, I have to ensure the order is correct and I'm placing all the needed credits in. This is the order:

1. Studio Logo
2. 'Production company presents...'
3. Film title
4. Actors/actresses names (main characters only)
5. Any of these:
6. casting 

• production designer
• costume
• make-up
• special effects
• music
• sound editor

1. Editor
2. Director of Photography
3. Executive Producer(s)
4. Producer(s)
5. Writer(s)
6. Director