Editing Research: How to Create a Split-Screen on FinalCut Pro

In order to achieve the split screen effect for the film opening, I had to do some additional research on how to create a split screen on FinalCut Pro

Production: QuickTime Player

In order to allow the audience to see what The Nerd is writing, we used QuickTime Player to record the screen. I took two recordings of the screen. One showing the entire screen and the other just showing the document page. The two shots allows the audience to be clear on what media The Nerd was using and to be aware of what they were typing about each stereotypical character

Production: Editing Rough Cut 2

This is a gif of piecing together the basic sequence off shots. I used Final Cut Pro ti edit. On the top left box is a list of the imported clips. These consist of all of the clips recorded over the 3 filming days on the two different cameras. The top centre box is a preview of the selected clip. This is where I watched each clip and decided where it should be cut. The top right boxes a sequence of the film opening. Here, I could see if the clips were in the correct order. The bottom bar is a timeline of the the clips, I could readjust and re-sequence the clips if it was necessary.

Production: CYB3R Twitter Updates

Some of our updates on twitter, tweets in relation to our process for editing..

Production: SECOND DRAFT OF SOUNDTRACK

Feedback

feedback 1: It is effective, puts me in a different mood and it goes with the theme of the film.

feedback 2: It sounded smooth, it built a sinister and scary atomsphere

Planning: Production & Identity on Motion

After uploading our second rough cut, we received feed back that we needed to fix our title sequence openings. Such as the text and title. First our credits list was placed at the bottom of the frame, which needed to be changed as it will be better for the viewers if placed within the centre. 

This is a screenshot on Motion, re-positioning the
 title credits within the centre
as it was placed to far from the frame making it difficult for viewers to see.

Another fault that was identified in our second rough cut title sequence was that we maintained the same font/style for our production company and title. We had to fix this as our production company is our own identity therefore it wasn't a good idea to make it similar to the title sequence, as the audience will get confused thinking that is part of our movie, when the "DMG PRODUCTIONS" is actually our production company.

Therefore here is a screenshot of it before, after I removed it from the
title sequence.

However we decided to keep this "CYB3R" title sequence opening. 

Research: Different Horror Films Soundtracks.

I looked at different opening sequences for different horror films to give me an idea on how to make the sound track. I looked at the following videos: