Thriller - Final Edit

Third Draft

Second Draft Feedback

What did you think about our opening title and vignette effect?

Second Draft

Opening Title

How To Use Lights In Adobe After Effects

As I stated in my previous post, during the production of our opening title, I was finding some difficulties with adjusting and tailoring the light tool within Adobe After Effects, therefore, I searched for another tutorial on youtube in order to gain a better understanding as to how to use the tool. I found this tutorial which was very useful and helped me significantly in order to reach the opening title idea, I had in mind. 

Creating An Opening Title

As we wanted our thriller to look as professional as possible, we decided to produce an opening title using Adobe After Effects. As I had never previously used Adobe After Effects, I searched and educated myself on how to use the program by watching a Youtube tutorial. It was a challenging program to use at times (for example, when I used the light/shading effect on the title), but once I understood had to tailor and incorporate various effects, I adapted my final opening title (using the tutorial) in order to make my opening title as appropriate as possible. I found this tutorial very useful and the end product fit perfectly with my thriller.

Creating A Vignette Effect

In order to add a vignette effect to my thriller, I had to research how to create the effect in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 as I did not know how to create it. I watched a youtube tutorial that enabled me to gain an understanding on how to create this effect in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. As I could not find a tutorial that applied to Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, I watched an updated version which applied to Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 which was very easy to follow and replicate. I wanted to incorporate this effect within my thriller in order to make the opening sequence look much more like a flashback. 

This is a screenshot of Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 whilst we are creating the effect and incorporating it, within our thriller. 

 

First Draft Feedback

First Draft