In todays lesson we were practising editing on "Adobe Premier". We had to make a dancing animals edit and a James bond edit. This task was rather fun, but time consuming. But I now feel more confident on the programme.
James Bond Practise Edit
to create my James Bond edit I used "Adobe Premier". This programme was really easy to use and helpful once you get the hang of it. It was very easy to import video and audio files and to insert video and audio effects. Through out the video I have used a mixture of audio and video effects. By having the character ask James Bond "What do you see?" I made it seem like James was having a flash back. Thats why on the first clip I gave it a weak black and white shading to make it feel like it was a memory. I let the first clip run for much longer than the other clips because I felt that this opening clip would heighten the suspense and draw the audience into the video. Also I didn't use any music on the first clip because the sounds really made the scene come to life and put you right in the middle of the action. I also like how the clip starts off quiet as you come across the river, but when you get to the close up of James Bond the Gun sounds break out and so does the noise of the car.
The next clip I used was from "Skyfall". The reason I used this with the Bond theme song in the background is because he is in a traditional bond car (old fashioned) and bond cars are known for having extraordinary gadgets on them. And nothing is more Bond like than having a car that shoots bullets. I also started the Music on the main part of the theme song that will all know and recognise to be the main part of the theme song. This gives the audience the true James bond, exciting effect.
The next clip I used was the shanghai tower fight scene from "Skyfall". The reason I used this clip is because by know we are at the most up tempo part of the song. So I thought I would match the upbeat music with an exciting, upbeat scene. This scene is fast paced and full of actions. In this scene there are lots of very bright colours on dark backgrounds. I took advantage of this by using a "sharpening" video effect. It also makes the edges of the images more defined by darkening the darker pixels and lightening the lighter pixels. This really brings out the contrast of the light and dark colours and also makes the bright colours pop more.
The next clip I used was a fight scene on top of a train in "Skyfall". The reason I used this was again because of the upbeat tempo the scene has and it went well with the music because the music was upbeat. I also used this scene because it's the same villain that bond is fighting in shanghai and at the end of the train scene the villain gets away and then later on in the film he finds this villain again in Shanghai. So by putting this mini clip in the middle of the shanghai fight scene it makes it look like Bond has more of a motive to get him this time.
The end clip is from "Casino Royale". The reason I used this was because it was already in black and white which made it look like his first kill. On this clip I used an effect called "Ghost". This effect fades in a scene behind hind the original scene. This gives us two scenes faded together. This effect gives us the feeling that his memory is fading and is being replaced with other memories. Because in Psychology we learnt that some memories can slowly fade away and as they fade away other memories fade into that memory and then replace it. I also like the ending to this scene because it gives me a nice natural outro. At the end of the video I faded out the video and the song instead of ending them abruptly. This gave my work a more professional look.
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