Editing and Equipment

We used Final Cut Pro X for editing our film trailer using the Apple Mac. This software was simple to use and it is also considered a professional editing software, which therefore allowed us to have a professional look on our trailer. In our trailer we used various transitions such as; fade to black, dissolves and (jump) cuts. This allowed our trailer to be faster-paced and get through the scenes quicker so we have enough time to add all of our other scenes that were relevant to the storyline which builds up the tension because it gives an idea to the audience a taster of what the film is going to be like.

For the voiceover, we used a Phillips voice recorder that we borrowing from the media office. This allowed us record our voices at good quality to use for our trailer which turned out to be very effective when we import our recorded voices onto the Mac. We also used a Panasonic HDC-SD80 to film our scenes in 1080p therefore being in brilliant quality for the audience to see the trailer very clear. We also used a tripod to keep the camera still during filming so it was very steady and allowed us to pan smoothly and easily if we needed to. We also used our phones (Samsung Galaxy and iPhone) to take photos of the locations. We also used an iPhone in our film trailer appearing with a text message for our character.