Yesterday we used final cut pro for the first time. This was a software that no one in the class had used before. We uploaded pictures and videos on the application and then 'cut' them to the amount of time we wanted them to be used. We picked a series of images and began to set out a theme for the opening to a thriller that we were 'making up'. We then picked sections of the burglary video and 'cut' part of this to use with the sequence of images. We also then played with some of the effects so we could make the piece look grainy or change the light settings to make the colours darker or lighter. We also added text and called the whole piece 'surveillance'. We played around with the text settings and made the writing zoom in and out. It was difficult at first learning how to use final cut pro, how to play the piece and cut it down to the length we wanted and then adding it to the timeline bar. After a while though we got used to it and could do quite quickly.
In the next half of the lesson we looked at the beginning of 'Rear Window' we looked at the sound, camera, editing and mise-en scene of the whole piece. We then got into our groups that we will be in to start production of our thriller piece. In our groups we have to find the history of thriller, the typical synopsis and iconinc directors of thrillers. My group consists of Joe Fitzpatrick, Danica Ebers and myself. Joe will be finding out the history of the piece and Danica will be looking at the typical synopsis whilst I look at the 3 iconic directors we chose; Alfred Hitchcock, David Fincher and Quentin Trantino.
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