EDITING

Editing on adobe premiere is a process I am very familiar with, as I have created many other videos using this software before.

Here is a a basic tutorial for editing on Premiere Pro CS6 which covers most of the things I already know:

The editing style in this trailer has focused mainly on creating a more steady face; most trailers these days are very fast paced, with dramatic music, strobe light flickering between cuts and a complete summary of the film through alternating voice-overs and sound bridges consisting of key dialogue from the film - I dislike this conventional Hollywood trailer form which is used these days, where the entire plot is given away. I wish for a more ambiguous form of teaser, which is what I have attempted to give my own.

Defining features of this trailer:
-Lots of cutaways to dramatic sky scenes.
-Many fades and dissolves used, as the predominant transition effect.
-The main characters face is shadowed, or he is a silhouette.
-Music is slow, dark and entrancing. But digital sounds suggest a film of the SF genre.

Here are some screenshots of the editing process I undertook:

This screenshot shows some of the key-framing I used in order to make a still shot into one which appeared to have camera shake. I used 'positional tracking' to make the frame bounce around inside the work area without ever leaving it, there is also sound size alterations, to create the effect of zooming in and out chaotically.This is ptobably the most important shot of visial effects, as it shows the cataclysmic event which has changed the world, within the film.

This screenshot shows some of the colour corrections I used in certain shots. This shot shows the shards of alien space-ships crashing down through the atmosphere like meteors. The image on the left shows how the shot originally looked straight after the effects were applied, on the right is the shot with the key-framing and colour correction applied. These colours were made to look fiery so the aesthetic was even more apocalyptic.

This screenshot shows some of the sound control I used in order to make the trailer seem proffessional. All the sound was dubbed over - this track was a copied segment from the main track, slowed down to 50% to create a slow fading buzz which would lead the trailer to its end. Volume control was important throughout the trailer to make sure that the dialogue was not being drowned out by the music.

This screenshot shows how miltiple tracks have been overlayed. The title dissolves in over the shot with the "Q" placed over the light, creating a smoother transition. This is also were the main track; 'High Charity' fades out and is accompanied by the slower version, which reaches peak amplification when the light fades out and then slowly fades into silence.