First Draft

This is the first draft of our teaser trailer for the film 'Topaz Spectre'. This was constructed on Windows Movie Maker, and the editing was done with After Effects. At this point there isn't any audio in our movie, because we hadn't decided on any soundtrack.

It starts off with a panning shot of the surrounding area, which was taken in a crane.This then fades in to the title sequence for our production company. The filming then begins with a shot which is taken in the canteen, with 'Georgia' sat on her own, eating. The shot is panning, and shows a lot of movement from other people in the canteen, which distracts from the protagonist and makes her a lot less visible. However, we did make sure she stood out a little by making her wear what would be considered as 'her own clothes' which was the outfit that we had planned from the beginning. It then cuts to a shot of the star sat on her own in a classroom, which once again enforces that she isn't very popular at school. In this shot we used a lot of zoom, which afterwards we were advised against, as it doesn't look professional. Also, the next shot, you can see a young boy walk directly at the camera which ruins it slightly, and also we use the zoom again. I really like the scene where the dinner lady cleans up around Georgia as it shows that she isn't really noticed by anyone. However, once again, and as the next few shots also display, we have overused the zoom in this draft of the trailer, which is definatly something we need to improve upon. We both really like the next few sequence of shots, of her coming in to the house, and we have decided that we would like to re film them, without the use of zoom! The invisibility sequence is something that I am quite proud of, as someone who is new to After Effects. We did this by making the layer with Georgia in opaque when we wanted her to become invisible, and doing the opposite when we wanted her to reappear. We also then added a distortion map to the layers, which made them distort as she disappeared. We made this a lot more difficult for ourselves by using a mirror for her to become invisible from, as it meant we had to make her vanish twice. I placed this invisibility sequence online for some feedback, and one of the main things that was commented on is how she was invisible for much too long, so this is something we will change next time round. The next few shots were originally intended to be very fast and snappy, however this is something that we didn't really achieve with Movie Maker. One of the ideas for working on it now is for us to speed up the clips, to make them seem more speedy. We then go to the shots on top of a car park. Once again we use a lot of zoom, but I think we could cut the zoom out rather than refilm. The next shot of 'The Infinitive' walking through a doorway is my favourite shot so far. I really like how the wind is blowing through his cape as it creates quite an eerie effect. The next few shots work quite well, however we may change the order and transitions. I like the rest of the trailer all the way up to the final shot of the explosion, as this was made when I was just playing around with After Effects and it just looks fake. I don't know whether we will improve on the editing of this shot or just remove it completley.