Film Poster: Second Draft Editing Process

Stage 1 - Downloading & Installing Star Font

As I went on http://www.dafont.com/, I searched for 'Star Fonts'. After choosing a particular star (Letter A), I downloaded the font.

To acess my downloads I had to go into 'Finder' (On the MAC) and find the zip code. After successfully finding it, I double clicked it.

This created an icon that allowed to install it.

This screenshot is evidence that the font is now at my disposal.

 

Stage 2 - Extracting Image & Changing Background

Simialr to how I extracted the image in Film Magazine, I used the 'Magic Wand' tool and extracted the image form its original background. After that, I pasted the image onto a new background and then began to fill th background with shapes and the 'Gradiant' tool.

 

Stage 3 - Contrast of Drafts & Extracting Text

In comparison, the first draft looks fairly childish becasue the background is too overwhelming and it appears to just look like a image with text above it. Therefore, as most comedy films do, I gave the background a 'cartoony' feel so that it appeared humourous and vibrant. 'The Inbetweeners' and 'Road Trip' film poster does this too.

Stage 4 - Inserting & Editing Film Poster Text

Firstly, I copied the orignal text layers from my first draft and placed them in the same place. However, this time I re-arranged them so they look more professional. Then I began to add a very popular convetion that I didn't use before on my film poster. I inserted credits at the bottom in the universal font so that is appeared similar.

This screenshot shoes evidence that I changed the sizes of the font to match common conventions.

Stage 5 - Finished Draft

Here you can see the finsihed draft and the added credits. In my opinion, it already appears more realistic.

Film Trailer: Second Draft

Film Trailer: Second Draft Editing Process

Stage 1 - Changing Font

Firstly, I selected the 'Text' in the timeline and pressed 'Control'. The 'Font' tool then appeared and I opened the drop down box that opened a large variety of fonts.

I then selected the same font I downloaded for my font research, film poster and magazine cover. This showed the continuity in the products and made my Film trailer's intertitles appear more appealing.

Stage 2 - Inserting Logos

To insert my logos, it was very similar to inserting sound. I pressed on 'File' and then selected 'Import', then 'Files...'. This then opened a 'Open' Tab so that I could selected my Logos which were saved a JPEG images. In the second image, you can see that they are now easily accessible for my timeline.

Stage 3 - Creating & Exporting Music in Garage Band

Similar to how I created sound in my Sound Research, I opened 'Garage Band' and selected the Beat I wanted to insert into the timeline.

After that, I clicked on 'Share' which is one of the tabs seen at the top. This then allowed to me press 'Export' and change the format to MP3 so that it could be used in 'Final Cut Express.

Stage 4 - Fixing Widescreen Problem

SHOT 1

SHOT 2

Both of the following shots are from different shooting days. 'Shot 1' is from Shooting Day 1 and 'Shot 2' is from Shooting Day 2. However, on the different shooting days, I used different cameras. Although the tape was compatible in both cameras, 'Shot 1' was filmed with a MX2 Camera, whereas 'Shot 2' was filmed with a DV Canon camera. Therefore, you can see that this has effected the footage and left 'Shot 2' in widescreen rather then full screen. After noticing this problem, I tried expanding the 'Image Wire' on 'Final Cut Express'. However, this ruined the framing of the shots I intended. Therefore, I decided since the majority of shots were in Wide Screen, I would crop the sides of the footage from Shooting Day Number 1. Below you can see how I did this:

Here you can see that 'Shot 1', as seen before, has now been cropped and appears to be a wide screen format similar to 'Shot 2'. To do this I selected the footage from the timeline and pressed ' Motion.' Then, I pressed on the 'Crop' tool and dragged the arrow for the  Left and Right options to the right so that the sides of the footage appeared as a Wide Screen format. 

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Creating My Logos

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