R+P Post 19: Our rough cut

To produce the rough cut edit of our 2 minute opening sequence, we decided to use a computer software called Adobe Premier Pro. This software allows us to place all the shots that we had taken at our test shoot on a track in the desired order which eventually became our finished rough cut sequence. It also allowed us to insert the music we had selected into the sequence.

Some other additional things that Adobe Premier Pro allowed us to do was:

• Add titles and production and distribution company logos to the sequence
• Add transition effects such as a dissolve fade, dip to black or exponential fade/gain to the video or audio of shots
• Compose the shots in a way that allowed us to cut to the next shot on a beat in the song
• Adjust the scale and position of a shot on the screen
• Edit the volume of certain shots by adding effects such as a constant power/gain to a part of the soundtrack

The rough cut of our 2 minute opening sequence video: