Evaluation of our Editing : Evaluation

Every film is edited before release and the way they are edited create atmosphere for the audience. We have made a horror trailer and the atmosphere we needed to create was tense/creepy.



Pro's

• The way we used fade to black during the montage linked the quick short shots together very well. We also varied the length of the shots through out the trailer, to create a certain atmosphere at a certain time, like during the montage we used quick short shots to create a tense atmosphere.

• The titles we used told the audience everything they needed to know, from the basic storyline of the film to what might happen in the film.

Cons

• The garden shots that we took in the dark came out fine on the camera when we filmed it, but when we tried to edit it we couldn't see anything on the editing software premier elements.

• Something else that was very difficult to deal with was when we deleted footage from the trailer, it would leave a black screen where the footage was removed and the only way to overcome this was to add more footage that we didn't want to replace it.

How we could improve

Better software would allow filming in dark spots or dimmed lighting to be more effective. Dark shots could come out properly like on the camera and not so dark that you cannot see anything. Better software would also improve our shot transitions and make them come out a lot smoother than they do at the moment.