Visions trailer

Focus group

I did a range of focus groups throughout the production and post production which will enable me to create a successful product. The two pieces of evidence below are from the finished trailer. 

I did a range of focus groups one being with my friends who gave me honest feedback therefore allowing me to reach my full potential with the trailer. This helped it creating various effects such as suspense and mystery. Also they were within the aimed age group of 15+ which meant I could see whether we had targeted it at the correct audience. All of them enjoyed the the teaser trailer due to the range of shots we used along with the story line. Due to the fact that it is a contemporary horror piece it was exciting. 

Editing day 6

This was the final day of editing which I did alone, I took on all the feedback from the editor and began to sort out the errors within the sound. Through my research I found that sound is one of the most important factors of a horror trailer. Through my research i learned that sound can impact how scary a horror trailer can be. This is as I had been watching trailers such as 'Drag Me To Hell' with and without sound and without sound it wasn't near as scary. This is because when the woman popped out of nowhere nothing made me jump because there were not any sounds in the build up to this. Therefore it is vital to not only use sound in our trailer but to use relevant sounds to create that jump factor.

Therefore i spent the whole day going back on to incompetech and gathering more sounds together so so that I was able to successfully create a horror trailer which would include the jump scare factor, getting people out of their seats and capturing them in the first 10 seconds. I realised that the sound it so important which made me reline up all the sound so that each scene flows together.

Editing Day 5

We had found someone online who was able to help us fix the small quirks in our trailer we found that one scene in particular was a problem in the sense that it was far too long which by the editor we found said that it may bore the audience. Therefore meaning that somehow that needed to be cuts down. We also found that through this there were a lot of scenes that didn't smoothly transitions from one to another which didn't allow us to have an as effective trailer as we thought.

After we had received all the feedback we started to implement these changes as the editor was still there to help us the faster we could sort this out meant that we could only receive more feedback which would enable us to to create a more effective trailer which would capture and audiences attention. Furthermore having a professional editor with us was extremely beneficial due to the fact that he was able to pick up of the parts which we were unable to. He also help us to understand that we didn't use some effects on final cut to the fullest and taught us about how to use transparency and rendering on a clip.

Day 4 Editing

This was one of the last days of editing which we did on our clip after our rough cur we realised that when watching it back there were small errors which included the transitions and how they moved. We also had the issue of our trailer running over time which meant that it need to be cut down to a suitable size furthermore meaning that individual clips needed to be cut down.

Again we decided to edit at my house however only one member of my groups was able to make it which meant that we had to work at a faster pace and that our ideas were very closed compared to when there was at least one more of us. Despite this issue me and Indianna were still able to fix small issues like this allowing us to make the overall trailer a lot more fast paced and smoother making the overall trailer more effective.

Rough cut

Editing Day 3

The third day me and two members of my group had come over to my house where we began to focus on the sound for our trailer. We used a website called incompetech which allowed us to use copyright free sound effects which would enable us to create an effective trailer. We also found it easier to edit this day as we had access to a bigger screen allowing everyone to give more of an imput to the trailer so it could be done to the best it can be.

We mainly focused on the sound and where to put it as in my original edit there was a sound track which didn't match the clips at all making it seem quite boring. In order to change this we varied between sound tracks and sound effects which smoothly fitted together. After this it meant we had to sort out some transitions so it would fit with the sounds allowing us to improve our trailer which will end up creating a great final product.

why is sound important

Sound is extremely important because it can either make a trailer. Through my research i learned that sound can impact how scary a horror trailer can be. This is as I had been watching trailers such as 'Drag Me To Hell' with and without sound and without sound it wasn't near as scary. This is because when the woman popped out of nowhere nothing made me jump because there were not any sounds in the build up to this. Therefore it is vital to not only use sound in our trailer but to use relevant sounds to create that jump factor.

Editing Day 2

The 2nd day of editing consisted of showing my group what I had done and how I put the clips together, They seemed to be extremely pleased in the way I had put it together as they had been attached in the correct order however there were some changes that needed to be made. I took some ideas from the trailer 'Don't Breathe'. In that trailer they jump straight into the story line and don't wait around which similarly I did. I did that because I believed that it was important to capture the audience because through my research the fast paced trailers have attracted more customers. Therefore by doing this it will mean that we can capture an audience quickly.

On this day we mainly focused on cutting clips to the correct length and adding transitions so that the trailer would flow together better. By cutting down the length of the clips it meant that we could create more suspense. we also decided it could be beneficial to add black outs could also create more suspense resulting in a better trailer. On this day we managed to complete most of the transitions and the length of clips allowing us to move on for the third day.

why are transitions important

Transitions are important in a trailer as they can easily convey messages for the trailer itself. For example blurs can represent a vision  which would give the audience a clear indication of whats happening. However if they were to use a wipe transition to begin the vision it would not make any sense and would also confuse the audience about what is happening which would result in the trailer not being any good. Therefore it is vital to use the correct transitions so that out trailer if effective.

Editing Day 1

I was looking over the clips myself where i needed to decide a basic order of how to put my film together and build up a basic story line. It didn't look the best as I had basically put a few clips together and roughly added some transitions, some of these looked good and some needed to be changed. Therefore the first day was extremely productive as I made an order for the trailer which would enable us to capture the horror aspect of our film and enable us to attract an audience.

I also made a basic trailer, I had put all the footage together which meant when I showed my group the next day we could have an overview of what transitions and sounds we could use which would enable us to create an intense trailer.

editing program

I decided to use the latest version of Final Cut pro as it would give me access to more special effects such as rendering, transitions, EQ and many others which would help my trailer as a whole. Through research I had found out that this software is commonly used in the film industry which would help in creating a trailer that would capture an audience, Even though this is completely new to me I will gain a better result. Therefore I need to get used to the program itself so that I can create an effective horror trailer.

Group meeting

Throughout the process building up to the filming out group has been in constant contact group a group chat on Whatsapp where we have discussed a range of sections from the the filming to designating particular roles. We did this consistently throughout the process, there is one piece of evidence shown below.