Media A2
Making Of The Short Film
When we finally had all the different shots we needed, because we had a shooting script which we was following it was easy to know what order we shot the film in and automatically knew which file we needed for the editing process.
When we had all the files which we are going to use, we then uploaded them all into the editing software which we're going to be using (Premiere Pro CS6 a high grade editing software used by professionals). We then cut and edit the parts that we need to make it easier to edit everything togather in place. This is to only show the essential parts of the clip that would need to be seen. We also added a Cinemascope to give the film a more cinematic look, above the clips as a PSD file so that the layer is transparent other that the Cinemascope itself so that the clips are visiable.
After we uploaded all the files we needed into the editing timeline, first thing we started to do was to colour correct the clip to make sure that everything can be seen properly and also so that it give each clip a cinematic effect. Colour correcting was also a way wo which we use to make it all of the shots looked the same as different lighting and shadows can change the shade of skin colour, clothing colour etc to make each shot look different. Doing this ensured that the footage had as little inperfections as possible.
Colour grading is what gives the shot a better look and feel to it where real colours are good for normal content, a film can utilise the new technologies that allow filmakers to make their film have the look and feel that was originaly intended.
While editing we also added different transition between some shots, this was to give a smoother cut between shots and also help with the editing to tell a story. Where I used a 'Dip to White' to show that the following shots were in the past and I used "Dip to Black' to show an ending along with simple cuts between takes.
The Gun Shot
When reviewing the footage we noticed that the shot of Jeff pulling the trigger of the gun looked incredibly unrealistic, without a muzzle flash it is obvious that the gun isnt real and so we sought out to correct this. we went to my compositing software (Adobe After Effects CS6) and put the original file into it. As the whole gunshot doesn't last more than a few frames it is simple to effectivly manipulate the image so that the artificial gunshot is seamless.
On Set Filming
