Editing Our Footage

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We spent the lesson uploading our footage to iMovie and cutting and editing this footage to create the basics of our trailer. Like the footage we had edited before, we used a 'Day into Night' filter to create a setting commonly used in successful horror films.
We played with the arrangement of the clips to create a fast pace that builds tension and suspense, for example breaking up the dialogue with short running scenes. We also altered the speed of a couple of clips as some of the running scenes were more effective at different speeds. One in particular was very effective in slow motion, which we placed towards the end of the trailer to intensify the feeling of suspense.

In order for our trailer to come together we also added in some transitions such as fades and dissolves to add continuity, although some of the straight cuts from scene to scene were quite effective and so we left them in. We also added the title, date and tagline in two separate shots, separated by a quick shot of the protagonist cowering back into the corner in terror. We felt this would work as it would hopefully leave a lasting impression on the viewer as when the title flashes up it could signal the end of the trailer, which is then cut to this dramatic scene which again leaves the viewer with unanswered questions.