Final Cut Pro
In the construction of my short film the main technology that I used was Final Cut Pro. This software enabled me to edit and modify multiple video and audio clips to create the short film. The main tool used in this was the 'blade' tool; this was used to trim and separate different clips to put them in the correct order. the tool was particularly useful in separating and removing all outtakes and mistakes from the main footage. Another significant tool used was in the 'effects' tab' from here I could include different visual effects on individual clips such as 'Earthquake'. This effect would shake video files (controlled by a panel) to give a psychological and distorted feel to it. In addition to this to keep with the genre conventions another effect used was the image distort tool that can be seen mainly at the end of the short film narrative; this spun the image and warped the footage to make it seem as though the main character was falling into hysteria and made the audience feel 'dizzy' by the end.
Overall the most important tool used was the 'colour corrector' tool. I was able to manipulate the footage to have different levels of contrast, boosting the vibrancy of different clips and allowing more to be seen from the footage. Following this I could also darken certain clips so that certain items in the background could be completely blacked out and also invited a sinister tone.
When it came to sound I could also change the different levels of sound on the actual audio file where you can simply drag and either raise or lower the file. This allowed me to blend all the different sound files together and overall create an atmospheric piece.
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