How we edited our thriller project

 We edited our project using Final Cut Pro. This is where we put together all the titles, logos, video clips and sounds together that we had created for our thriller intro. Firstly we imported all the files by clicking 'file' > 'import' > 'files'. By doing this all the files become available in Final Cut, and ready to drag onto the timeline.

 After roughly arranging all the clips in chronological order I began to edit all the clips. Most clips could easily be cut to the desired length by dragging one side of the clip in. For some clips we had to make them longer, by changing the speed.

To do this you right click on the selected clip then select 'change' speed. Settings then appear that canbe modified to change the clip to your desired speed.

The the titles used in our thriller opening had a 'shimmering' effect. This was also edited in final cut.

Firstly I created text and typed in the appropriate job titles. Then effects were added, we chose the 'bad film' effect to give the shimmering effect that fits in well within the thriller genre.

The template effect could also be edited, so each job title was varied.

After the titles were created these were also imported into our main project. 

After the editing was finished we exported the file by clicking 'file' > 'export' > 'Quicktime Movie' 

The making of our animated logo

At the start of our thriller project we made an animated sequence for our production company. This logo was made using Adobe photoshop.This picture is a square and to use it with our thriller we will just place it onto a white background to make it blend into the rectangular video shape.

We started off by drawing the outline of the 'bearded man', in a rough sketchy manner to give it a hand drawn appearance. We also chose a font for the text.

Fill was then applied to the image 

After the image was completed, we tried various fonts to see which would look the best with our logo.

Once the image was completed we moved on to using the photoshop animation to make the bearded man wink and then open his eye again, we also made the text fade in just as the wink goes down and it stays black and visible when the eye opens back up. The file was then saved as a .mov video file so it could be imported into our final cut project. 

First draft of our project

This is the first rough edit of our project, titled "Missing. Overall I was very pleased with the first draft, however there are many changes and improvements that need to be made, which I will cover in a seperate post.