Here is a small video I edited together whilst I was testing out some of the college’s cameras. I wanted to test out the night mode and overall complexion of the camera and this is what I came up with.
I found that even though the camera had a night mode/vision on, the camera still needed light to film; this is why you get the dark parts in the small clips shown. I tried to lighten them up using my editing software; Sony Vegas Pro 8, but it effected the overall quality of the clips shown so I had to leave the editing of the light. Another point is, if you zoom in or out, or you turn the camera quickly, the camera vision goes all blurred as you can see from the clips, a number of times I tried to film the same scene but every time I did, it went blurred. Hopefully, I will try the other cameras and they may have a better quality for quick motion scenes.
The clip basically is about a girl walking in the dark, whilst somebody is following her. The first scene shows the viewer the scenery and gives off a creepy vibe as you can’t see in the dark also, somebody or something might be lurking in the shadows. The second scene shows a figure slowly creeping around a building, you can’t see their face and so this creates the tension of the unknown. The next clip shows a girl walking up a path; this is supposed to be the eye view of the masked figure, watching the girl. The next scene is that of the girl’s vision; as you get the motion of if the person with the camera is walking. I made the clip so that every so often the character would keep turning around; as though somebody is there but because it is that dark she can’t see anything, this will make the viewer start to feel on edge as you don’t know if something is going to jump out or run at the camera (eye view). The scene then carries on to the character running as though somebody is chasing after her, this will make the audience feel enclosed as you put yourself in her situation; being alone in the dark and somebody chasing after you. The character whilst running is still turning around, again creating more tension and fear in the viewers as you can’t see who’s behind her. The final scene then shows glimpses of a figure running towards the camera (eye view). Then after a short pause, a face appears in front of the camera; hopefully making the audience jump or feel shock, and the video ends with short fast moving clips as though the girl is knocked out or can’t see very well.
I used different sound effects to create more tension and fear within the audience throughout the video. At the start of my video I used sound effects that would fit well with the creepy vibe of the scenery. Some sound are actually real, for example, the siren from the police car was recorded when I filmed this clip. As the video progresses the score/music and sound effects get more dramatic, for example the heart beat can signal that of the characters, and in the running scene, the fast music makes the scene seem more ‘’epic’’ but yet tension is still being created. Near the end of the video I used static sound effects to link into the static vision editing, and after the short pause to create the ‘shock’ factor I used a dramatic bang sound, and then short breaking up effects to link into the fast moving clips. By linking the sound effects with the clips used the video looks more professional and it again creates fear and tension.
When editing I used slow fades ins and fades outs ( transitions ) to conflict fear being created, however by doing this it also creates tension as you don’t know what to expect and anything could happen. I created a short gap between the clips at 00.52 – 00.54, this was to build up the tension within the audience as you don’t know if there is going to be a pop-up or if that’s the end of the clip. After the short gap the transitions get quicker to build up a dramatic ending where a cliff hanger will be made, making the audience want to know what happened to the girl. I used overlays of static at 00.00 – 00.05 and 00.18 – 00.24 to give off that horror vibe, and to make the video seem unique.
By editing and posting this video I can see from it the good and bad points, and hopefully will be able to use these factors when I film my main Media Project; I can carry on the good points from this video to my teaser trailer.
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