The pictures labelled 1 and 2 are the text I added via the text tool, 'The Rehoming' title I added is the name of my trailer and is a crucial part in all horror movies/trailers as it gives insight into what its about. I also added the 'Created by Louie Stirk' just to act almost like a credit so the audience know I made it. Furthermore the picture labelled 3 is the text properties, I used this to customize the style and size of the text, I changed the font to one called 'Impact' which is large and bold meaning its suitable for the horror genre and clear for an audience to see, I also added a shadow in bright red which I felt gave it more depth on the screen whilst also creating more of a sinister feel as red is often associated with horror. Number 4 shows the editing I did to a certain clip in the trailer where there is short quick cuts between black and the video itself to create the effect of there being some sort of signal interception which is common to other horrors and thrillers, I further helped to create this feel by adding an audio effect which sounds like static to the cuts where the screen is black, finally to round it together I added a quite low pitched heart beat which induces fear and suspense for the audience. The image labelled number 5 shows all my edited audio, the blue audio at the top is the original audio of the videos I used however about 80 percent of it I either reduced the volume drastically or just completed removed it all together because of reasons such as poor quality or it just wasn't necessary, The green audio seen at the bottom was effects and music I added during editing which are sounds such as banging, dragging, footsteps, heartbeats etc. Number 6 shows the exponential fade audio transition and number 7 shows the constant gain audio transition, both which I used a number of times throughout to either fade music in or out depending on multiple things like scene changes or audio changes. These effects help the trailer to flow better without having sudden jumps between parts and makes it feel more interlinked as a whole. Finally number 8 is the cross dissolve video transition I used which worked in a way similar to number 6 and 7 transitions, meaning I used it to switch between video clips more gradually to create the flow effect, The use of this transition was also to portray a comparison between the tense scenes where there was quick jumps and the seemingly more relaxed ones where they faded in and out. Overall I kept the editing on the more minimalistic side because I wanted my trailer to feel more raw a real, if I had edited it too much I would have lost the originality and atmosphere that you get from a more low budget home made short trailer.
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