LO3: Source Special Effects

LO3: Source Special Effects

Source Special Effects in Line With Production Plan & Review & Edit Sourced Footage

Title Card

I created the title card I wanted to be presented in the short film on Photoshop; it's base source came from the 'Bebas Neu' font applied onto a golden background filled via paint bucket too create a simple colour contrast of white on the 'Old Fashioned' cocktail inspired colour palette. This colour choice was inspired by other (crime) dramas like Killing Eve which transition from a scene of similar colouration into a title card that reflects the very same colour scheme, creating a cinematic transition. I also used the shape tool to turn the apostrophe in 'I'm' into a star to further the theme of 'luck' within the film's visual style.

Credits

Similarly to the title card, the credit sequence I wanted to be comprised of multiple photoshop images edited to fit the style of the film and its climactic ending. As a base source, I used the font 'Ignotum' due to it's conventions within film posters or film credits, especially in the zeitgeist of the 1970/80/90's which the film draws inspiration fro in relation to other 80's media like 'The Big Lebowski'. I then rasterised the type and applied a blood spatter effect with a red splatter tool brush and created a worn down black background effect with the same brush and varying opacity settings. 

Adjustment Layers 

To further the low-key-lighting conventional of crime-drama film, I wanted to make some scenes darker in the final production of the film therefore, I sourced adjustment layers on Premiere Pro and changed their lighting values to create a darker image. I then extended the length of the adjustment layer on the film's timeline as appropriate for each relevant scene.

To edit the colour tones in a scene, I edited the RGB curves to make the central lighting darker and reduced some of the red tones to create a colder image reflective of the dark connotations of the genre.

Vignette

When sourcing the vignette for the short film, I used the circle feature/effect within Premiere Pro and applied stencil alpha onto the adjustment layer the circle was placed upon as my base source for the effect. I then increased the centre and radius of the effect to make the circle larger and feathered the edges to create the illusion of a vignette on screen, with edges that become more opaque as they bleed into the centre of the scene.

Apply Planned Visual Effects to Sourced Footage

Implementing Title Card

I wanted to apply a panning effect to give the title card some motion, therefore, to achieve this I enabled 'toggle animation' and increased the 'scale' stat on the effect controls panel to create a panning effect. I then overlayed it onto the film to create the title card effect.

Implementing Credit sequence

When applying the credit sequence to the sourced footage/film, I imported each of the images I had created in Photoshop previously and edited their respective lengths so they would cut to one another in synchronisation with each other (with the razor tool). I also applied a 'dip to black' transition on the last screen of credits to create a natural end to the film rather than a hard cut as it ends.

Implementing Adjustment Layers

Adjustment layers could be created within Premiere Pro, removing the requirement to import them therefore, I overlayed them onto my source footage and altered their RGB colouration for each relevant scene as was appropriate for the need of artificial lighting.

Implementing Vignette

Similarly to adjustment layers, I extended the vignette's duration in the film's timeline for as long as it was relevant to further any tense connotations I wanted to convey to the audience.