Post Production Editing!

     Hello everyone! Welcome back to the editing segment of my opening portfolio project! I'm so excited to finally edit my title sequences. I have already picked out font, color, and sizes as well as how they will be displayed on screen. I took my inspiration from the Black Phone as previously mentioned from a past blog of mine. Some of these transitions are also symbolic for my film.

Title Sequences (Font, Color, Size)

    Using this color picker, I was able to figure our the exact color shade I wanted but not necessarily the color because from my editing timeline the coloring is a bit weird when put on the screen and the beige contrasts with the background of my film. 

    From my inspiration, I decided to not use a pre made transition that Adobe had to offer and make the titles come onto a screen in a distorted, glitchy manner like they do in the Black Phone opening. However, some of these title sequences do just show up and I do want to alter my title sequences to have an interesting way of popping from the background. This should be especially done when it is my Movie title that I had a different idea to display it on the medical tray background instead but it will be edited in with text.

Here is an example of the black phone opening title sequences as a refresher just in case it was forgotten or it was needed as a reference to what I'm going to thoroughly explain.

    For the size, I wanted it to be very minimal and small. This font that I used is very similar to the one used in the Black Phone with the word "Film" in this example. I did, however, have to use the Black Phone's title sequence as a reference pretty closely in order to have a more attention grabbing graphic and have the audience pay attention to the background as well. While the title doesn't blend in too much it shouldn't contrast the background where it stands out and distracts from the actual opening. 

     

       

    As you can see the second example is the closest I had to the original reference which is what I ended up choosing for my actual opening since I did want a very close resemblance but not necessarily copy.

Transitions

    As for the transition and display onto the screen, I wanted to make the visual pop out and seem very glitchy because in the narrative world this is all being filmed with a digital camera so the images will be a slight distorted and blurred. I want to be show a clip of the transition because I am really proud of it and due to not having worked previously with after effects or anything of that sorts I am really proud that I came up with this. Obviously I had to get a few tips from peers who knew how to edit from my class. 

Clip of the title sequence transition

    Now, the transition is pretty quick I can admit and that is the intention because the nurse is working really quickly to get rid of this evidence and the shakiness does resemble the fast paced movements and contrasts with her relaxed movements while doing something inhumane.

    Below are a few time lapses of me working on the editing for these title sequences and I cannot tell a lie, it took a while but I have found a method on how to do this quicker and more effectively! This was me having to copy and paste the transition that I have already made and just change the text and font and then I'm good to go! This would only work for a few things like when a singular title is on screen, however, when it's a series of titles such as actor names, I will have to just display it on screen normally when a new clip is shown. 

    The first two Timelapse's were done in class and they were split up due to my battery running low on the first one then having to charge it. In the first time lapse you can see Maria was telling me where the effects were for text and I told her what I had for my vision and she gave me a few techniques I could use such as lowering the opacity, using a blur and making it vertical, all sorts of things that I used in order to come up with the final product. 

    The second Timelapse was me finally getting a handle on my own editing and I finally got to finish the where exactly I wanted my text to be along with making it visually appealing on the screen. And clearly the third time lapse was done in another classroom because I was dedicated to finish the transition during school. I was switching between two screens to see frame by frame the reference I had in order to make my transition not too choppy and with a few revisions I was left with an amazing final product! 

    For the record, I had everyone's permission who had their face in my time lapse to be posted on my blog and here is my evidence!

    Thank you for reading everyone and stay tuned for more future updates on editing. Also, a surprise blog post will be up tomorrow about a very exciting portion of this project!