Garage Band is an apply aplication on the mac computers that allows the user to edit music, this could anything from changing the volume to taking singing out of a song, it could be very usefull. We could use it to edit sounds for our website! -Lizzy
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We used garage band because we have a voice over in which Lucy is Narrating at a small point at the start of the trailer. We also have a small bit of dialouge in which the sounds needed to be quiter too. To make this quiter we simply had to drag parts of the song higher or lower in order to make this quiter or louder. We the first time we did it we made it too quite a abrupt, it was very noticable to the people watching. Therefore we went back and editied the song, we made it go quiter more gradually so it was almost not noticable to the audience and also kept it at a level of volume in which you hear the talking but still feel the song. After the dialogue we then faded it up gradually but really well. The point in which we were doing this in this song was perfect as it was a small interlude in which the song was naturally meant to get louder. It was also leading up to the chorus of the song, this was great as it was the start of a new part of our trailer where we have a montage of Lucy and Ben smiling and on dates etc.
We chose the song 'What the sun come up' By Example. This is becuase it is a feel good song with a fun vibe. It has a stong feeling of romance about it which fits our film perfectly. As well as this is is also a popular song. As our Film is a Rom com it's most likely directed at a mainstream audience, therefore chosing a popular song that they would have heard, is a good idea as it increases the chance them liking it and wanting to watch more of it. As we are not able to use a copyright song, we had to edit it a little. This was fine as we aloready needed to edit volume levels and fading in and out, so this dong is fine to use.
Recording the voice over was a lot easier than i thought it was going to be. We simply clicked on the part in which we wanted to record and then it would notify you when to start talking and we could stop it when we wanted. Getting this in time with Lucy took practice, but we managed to get it to the right amount of time which meant it looked great when said over the oxford city shyline shot!
Overall, I think the editing process has gone really smoothly. Lizzy and I worked very hard for a whole day. Once we had routhly edited it to the order we wanted the shots, we then edited them to perfection to make sure it had good continuity. For example, if there was a slight pause at the start of each person's line, we would be sure to carefully cut this out as it needs to be quick and sharp to make the conversation look natural and flowing.
We also had a shot at the begining that was very long. It showed the camera panning up Lucy's arms typing to her face, an introduction to both the main character and the theme of the film (internet love). This shot, however, was far too long and got the trailer off to a slow start. So we recently edited it so that as the shot moves up her arm, there are quick flashes of her hands typing inbetween this. This it a very quick thing and it goes perfectly with the music, in which there is a particulary quick beat. It's a quirky introduction, with a professional edge. It was quite fiddly to do as each shot is only 0.1 second each, therefore doing this on an apple mac with a difficult mouse was a challenge but we managed it.
We also changed the end again recently. It used to be a very conventional and funny ending, of Lucy walking into a glass door. It was an incredibly funny shot and the loud bang to end the trailer was a great dramatic ending. However the shot looked quite unprofessional and there was something that just wasn't quite right about it. I was also filmed in school, therefore the surroundings didn't really look believeable for our character of Lucy, who would be most likely to do this in a shopping mall or some where different. So in the end we decided to change it to a shot shot of lucy dancing by the lake in the park. It has a great mis en scene in which she is to the left of the screen dancing and the lake is on the other side. It's a far away long shot, wich captures the beautiful surrondings that a majority of the shots are in. It's an autunmy feel, which leaves you with a feel good feeling. Although not as funny as her walking into the door, it is still rather funny and ends the trailer on a high as it looks like quite a professional shot too.
We have also made the title cards look more professional too now. Before they were in a boring font that didn't look professional and was in just the colour white. Whereas we have now changed them to a similar font used in our poster to create a running theme and also put certain letters in red too. This creates a connection and continutity between our poster and the red also denotes love and passion which is a strong theme in this film. This also fits well as it is made Valentines day, therefore when writing the release date we were sure to make some of it in red. When showing the title was also used the same design as on our poster, this makes it regonisable which is an important selling point.
At the moment we have handed our film in as a draft and are going to see what the teachers think and take their advice on what we need to improve. We know we still need to add this to the start of the trailer:
We think this will give it the cherry on top for professionalism!
-Helena
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