Hello everyone, today is the stage where I am adding the final touches to my film opening. This is where I organize my clips, apply transitions, and include any other elements needed to complete the sequence.
Opening Sequences:
First, I adjusted the opening credits by applying a text filter known as “Simple.” I clicked on the text option, and there were many options to pick from, but me and Issac stuck with this one. This filter lets the text appear in the bottom corner of the screen. In films, name credits are commonly shown in this format, and on top of that, there is a smooth fade-in and fade-out which makes the text easier to read and allows the audience to clearly identify each credit. This helps the sequence look more conventional and professional, while also reflecting the style of real film openings.
The next thing I did was design the colors for my text when revealing the cast and directors. I displayed the text so that it fades in as a split, and the color was adjusted to a dark red to give it a more deadly and threatening appearance. This clearly corresponds to the theme of the film opening, as the dark red connotes danger, violence, and tension. As a result, it helps reinforce the horror-thriller genre and creates a more unsettling tone for the audience.
The last thing I utilized for my text was creating a title card, where I made the spectrum bright red and used the “Prism” filter, which makes the text fade in as a swipe with the letters moving around. This transitions perfectly with the garbage bag being placed in the trunk. I wanted to create more visual impact for the audience rather than simply using a jump cut. I let the trunk shut first, and then the title card is smashed towards the screen. This makes the moment feel more dramatic and intense, while also matching the scene’s disturbing nature.
Final Step:
The clips were put together well by placing them in chronological order, and I trimmed some unnecessary filler shots from my scenes to make the film rely more on multiple shots and angles. For example, I cut the scene where I was just walking to the garage because I felt that it did not add much tension and acted more as filler. Instead, I included the scene of the protagonist entering, where the antagonist fades off to the next cut, and then the camera gets closer to him as he looks around the garage. This makes the scene feel more purposeful and allows the audience to focus more on the suspenseful atmosphere.
I also improved the tracking shot by zooming in towards the direction of what the protagonist was observing, so the audience could better feel and see how the garage is being portrayed. This was done by clicking on the top right corner where there is a search symbol, which you click so the scene can be pinched in to zoom in. This helps place the audience into the protagonist’s perspective and builds curiosity about what may be inside the space.
I applied another zoom-in effect where I pinched in a zoom exactly at the moment where the camera pans fast towards the antagonist as he does a suspicious whisper, “It kinda is, you know.” I felt this was a great time to utilize this since it showed more of a close-up shot of the antagonist’s emotion of suspiciousness when displaying his whisper to convince the protagonist to enter the garage. This was perfectly synced with the sound, and it overall fits the purpose of utilizing software to enhance the meaning of applying horror-thriller conventions.
I applied transitions throughout my clips by using certain fade-ins and fade-outs so that the scenes would not feel abrupt or cluttered. These transitions help the sequence flow more smoothly from one shot to the next and make the editing look more controlled and polished. Fade-ins were especially useful when the scenes transition towards the scenes displaying the inside of the car to the characters entering the garage.
Reflection:
Well, these were the final touches I did for my film opening. It was a long process, but I am glad to say that we got the work done. We took our time to figure out which sounds and text effects worked best, while also learning how to navigate iMovie properly and edit effectively. Since I was familiar with editing, I was able to navigate it proficiently. Before I reveal my final brief, I will dedicate one blog to discussing my struggles throughout this progress journey when it came to production. Even though we got the work done, there were still struggles along the way, which is pretty generalizable since those flaws helped make our progress better. But for now, I am going to get some sleep, and in the next blog, we will discuss my struggles.
Until next time, see you guys in the next post!
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