Final Film Draft 2

Final Film Draft 1

Film Trailer - Rough Cut

Post Production: Cutaway Shots of Stock Footage

As tweaks for my film trailer, I have decided to add cutaway shots of stock footage that I have downloaded from the internet. I chose to use stock footage of Los Angeles because it represents a pinnacle goal or achievement for an athlete or celebrity to live or be in LA. In the context of my film trailer, this would be a dream achievement for my main character because once he achieves monetary success as a footballer it would be ideal for him to live in LA; this is because Los Angeles is regarded for it's great weather, beaches and lifestyle which are just some of the things that would be desirable by the young footballer.

Post Production: Titles

Due to the fact that I am producing a film trailer, I still need to create an ident for a made-up production company which will be put at the beginning of the trailer in order to make it look as professional as possible. On top of that, I have also added titles at the beginning and end of my trailer to allow my target audience to know what the name of the film is. I also chose to add the titles at the end of the trailer but then later on I decided against this because it would increase the duration the trailer a bit too much as I already put credits and a 'Coming Soon' title at the end of the film trailer.

I have changed the font of the closing titles multiple times until I found one that was suitable for the conventions of my film trailer. I finally settled on a font called Colleged because it looks like text that would be a college sports team. Although this font may be more suited to an American college sport film, it is the font that I could find that best suited the genre of my final film which is a trailer for a sports film biopic about a young footballer.

Final Title

Post Production: Sound - Editing Voiceover Audio

During my the post-production process, I chose to edit the audio voiceover as I felt that the volume was too quiet and this would inhibit my main product. I used the effect volume to increase the audio level of the voiceover and this would make my voiceover seem more powerful than it was before. This is because they are audio clips from the coach giving a motivational talk to the main character which include phrases such as "This is your chance" and "The world's at your feet". I think that choosing to put the latter audio clip at the end was a good choice because it is in time with the title of the trailer. Therefore, this reinforces the name of my trailer as it is clear what my trailer is called because the title is on screen while the audio of the title is being played simultaneously.

Post Production: Sound

During creating my film trailer in Premiere Pro, sound was essential to my trailer. This involved manipulating sound and adding background music that fits with the conventions of the genre that I am doing. I decided to add the background track of a hip-hop/sports-themed instrumental because I felt that this was the most suitable for my film trailer as the beats in the music represent the tension that is present in a journey involving overcoming adversities. It also highlights the fast pace that is present in football as a sport.

I also overlaid pieces of dialogue from the motivational talk that coach gives to the main character onto the footage of the young footballer sat on the bench looking over the football pitches in front of him. This audio of the coach giving motivation to the character from another part of the trailer are supposed to be memories that the young footballer is recalling upon while he is contemplating what steps he should take next in his footballing career. 

For the first clip in the trailer, where the young footballer kicks the football against the net, I have overlaid a football kick sound effect that I downloaded from the Internet for free. I felt that this had to be added because the kicking of the football in the original clip is barely audible. On top of that, the kicking noise makes the video seem more realistic because it makes the audience feel like they are actually watching this happen in real life. This also thanks to the fact the viewers are positioned in front of the net which makes it seem like they are actually behind the goal watching the net bulge as the ball goes in.

Post-Production: Editing - Transitions & Effects

During creating my project in Premiere Pro, I have used quite a few transitions and effects to connect pieces of footage together that I filmed and tried to make it more seamless in order to fit with the conventions of a film trailer. 

Through using this effect, I managed to slow down the speed of 3 clips. One of those clips was overlaid on top of the first one in order to give a blurry or confused perspective of the character. This allows me to show that the main character had to come from adversity to be a successful footballer. 

While filming the motivational talk, I was in the reflection of the door in the background. After seeing this in post-production, I decided that something had to be done to hide or get rid of the reflection in the background because it would look really unprofessional if I was in one of the clips in my final trailer. Eventually, I chose that the Gaussian Blur would be the best effect to use to blur the reflection in this part of my trailer. Firstly, I made a circular mask to highlight the area that I wanted to blur. Then I increased the blur level to around 200 as I didn't want the outline of the mask to be completely visible but I still wanted the background reflection to be quite blurred in order to make it seem like the glass in the window of the door was clear.

At the start of the trailer, I decided to add a clip of the main character kicking a football against the net of the goal. I feel that this is a really powerful shot because the football is going straight towards the camera and this makes it very clear that my film trailer will be about football. It will also make the audience feel like they are behind the goal watching this happen and this will mean it will be easier for my target audience to connect with the narrative of my trailer because it seems more personal. I chose to put a black and white filter on this camera shot because the first shot is supposed to be a flash-forward in time to when the main character is better at football in comparison to the other shots in the trailer where his shooting ability is quite poor. The B/W filter also makes the focus be purely onto the net of the goal and the ball being kicked into it, therefore, this makes it clear that the narrative of the film trailer involves football. 

Post-Production: Editing

During the editing process of my project, I used Premiere Pro to edit all of the footage that I filmed over the course of my filming days. Firstly, I imported all the footage for each scene into Premiere Pro as I filmed it and cut footage that had unwanted audio or did not fit in with my final film and its conventions. Then I muted some audio and moved different pieces of audio over other footage in my project. I also overlaid pieces of video from other clips over the part when the coach is talking to the main character. These overlaid clips mostly consisted of the young footballer nodding along in response to what the coach is saying. On further reflection, I decided that it would be more suitable for my project to be a film trailer instead of a short film, therefore, I changed my editing process to create a trailer

To indicate the beginning of my trailer, I added a cross dissolve transition between the opening titles and the first camera shot of the main character kicking a football towards a goal. I decided that this would be the best video transition to use at the beginning of the trailer because it has a fade in effect from complete black to a shot of the young footballer training and trying to perfect his shooting abilities. Furthermore, it fits in well with the conventions of my chosen genre which is a trailer for a sports film.