I have just finished creating my final trailer for my "The Meeting" short film project. I originally entered the editing process with only a vague idea of what I wanted trailer to look like, but I found that as I began to order my clips on the video timeline, and discovered what they looked like once uploaded to Final Cut Pro, I immediately developed a wealth of ideas.
The first, and probably most obvious edit I have made to the clips I have inserted into Final Cut Pro is the desaturation of the images. Since my film is about a very serious and bleak subject (suicide and depression) I found it appropriate to make the actual picture quality look the same. I achieved this by first using Final Cut's desaturation tools and then using the exposure tools to create very dark, gritty videos, which I believe reflect the films subject perfectly.
The music I chose for my trailer was an instrumental, which I chose for a very particular reason. I did experiment with several different soundtracks, some of which contained lyrics, but due to technical issues such as the song lyrics overpowering the actual words the trailer's characters were saying I decided to instead use an instrumental.
As for the song itself, I chose to use a version of the band Placebo's song; "Running Up That Hill." The piece of music has a very haunting melody, and contains a piano which plays throughout. It actually gives off quite a cold, unsettling feeling when listening to it, and so it seemed perfect for my trailer, where I wanted to make my viewers feel as uncomfortable and unsettled for the main character as possible.
In the future, I would like to be able to spend more time investigating more suitable pieces of music for my work however, as although Running Up That Hill is a brilliant piece of music, and I am very happy with it being in my trailer, It was the first song that came to my mind when creating said trailer, and so I cannot help but think there may in fact be a much better music alternative that I just haven't thought of using yet.
All in all, I am very happy with the way my trailer has turned out, and I look forward to hearing critique and suggestions!
(The trailer itself will be posted here once it has finished uploading to Youtube.)
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