Editing

Editing was quite an important aspect in the creation of our trailer due to our horror genre. We had to use various effects and sounds to help enhance the horror aspect and visuals in our trailer. To do this, we used effects from final cut pro. For example, throughout the flashing images of the girl trapped in a cupboard, we used specific visuals such as filters including : hard light, and a projected film. To make these clips appear quick and suddenly, we used the flashing transition as it moved in and out of scenes. This helped to emphasise the characters fear, and keep the audience interested. 

In terms of sounds, we decided to use various different sound effects over the trailer rather than one soundtrack or voice over. To do this we used sound effects by final cut pro, and recorded our own. We aimed to build up the layers of sound towards the end, including a heartbeat, police sirens, telephone dials and spooky violins. All of these sounds help to create tension towards the end of the trailer, which we felt was more effective than using just one soundtrack. At the beginning of the trailer, we used a deep drone, and then as the flashing images emerge, we added a lost signal sound effect, which fitted well with each scene. In the shot of the telephone ringing, we extracted the audio from the clip, and added our own ring tone. We also recorded voice notes for the dialogue of 'The end is near' and 'We've tracked the call, its coming from 22 park avenue'. To make these voices appear like they are over the phone, we added an audio effect called 'telephone' which made the voice notes sound slightly muffled. Here is a screen shot of the layered sounds towards the end of the trailer.