This was the last day of our editing where it was all about going back at our work and reflecting on what we can improve or add on in the teaser. Additionally, as our teacher knew we were near the finish, in order to help us with the final product she invited a professional editor to come in to school to provide us with some professional feedback on how we can make the teaser trailer better. This was helpful because when someone from the outside comes and looks at your work the feedback that follows is fresh and reliable as we ourselves when editing look at it so many times that there might be details that can be missed. The editor told us few things after he looked at our teaser trailer which I wrote down as he was pointing things out, this would as a result help us to remember the things we needed to do and would allow us to keep record of it.
He suggested we make a few shots shorter as they were too long which was making it boring and not so appealing. Another suggestion was to add on text cards in the middle of a few shots. This we all agreed to as we realised that before the title cards the story line of the trailer was not clear enough. Even though it is a horror trailer it still has to make sense to the audience to keep them hooked. Adding the title cards made the story line clear and allowed the audience to understand the main aspect of the film. Also, for one scene where we had just put the shot of a book with its pages flipping and the shot of the someone holding the candle. The shots in itself looked incomplete so as a result we combined them together using the opaque tool on Final Cut pro to help us put one shot on top of the other by reducing one of the shots opacity. This came out as very well and the shot looked better and more attractive now.
Overall, on the last day we were able to get some quality feedback from a professional and it allowed us to reflect on our work closely and make the changes as necessary. This day was the most productive as all the group members were there and we were able to reflect on our work and improve it likewise.
BEHIND THE SCENES
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