Post-Production

On our very first day in the editing stage, we simply imported all our shots and decided which shots would work and which shots may need to be shot again. Then we put the shots on the timeline and began to cut them up using black screens and jump cuts in order to ensure we did not get sidetracked and create a film opening rather than a teaser trailer. In the first five seconds of our edit we implemented a "Five second flash" in order to show our understanding of film trailers within the modern world.

During editing session, we began to select the music which would fit perfectly into our teaser trailer. This stage was extremely important in the sense that we wanted the music to properly reflect the genre we were trying to portray, the thriller genre. 

On our third editing session, we decided to add captions to our first edit. Captions were very important to get right as they follow a certain order which we demonstrated within our first edit. We chose to use a very simplistic font as well as the color white in order to connote to the audience how the simplest of things such as an exam can lead to life changing experiences. 

Our first edit

 Our Final Edit

 

Magazine Poster

Film Poster

For the film poster, i chose to heavily edit the background first in order to allow the main images to pop out at the audience. The gas mask is reflecting the masked lab men who commit most of the treacherous activities in the trailer and is also reflecting the theme of mystery since we do not know who or what is behind the mask and why it has to be worn in the first place. I also chose to merge both Kiah's and Elliott's face and bind it together with a man in a suit facing away from the audience. This further reinforces the theme of mystery as the audience never see who the examiner/host of the exam is. Their faces have also been slightly edited to fit the thriller genre, for example Kiah has a red undertone to her complexion as well as redness under her eyes to imply she has been crying.