Skills Development/Progress: 18/12/2014

Throughout the editing progress I have developed many skills, in which I did not work on last year. For example, I have used much more complex editing skills than just inserting titles.  Using a technique influenced by the influential film 'The anti-social Network' I inserted a 'Likes' image to make it clear what the main character was doing. I did this by finding an image of the iconic Facebook thumbs up, and inserted into PowerPoint. I then researched what font the Facebook site used, and used the 'Tahoma' font. I then colour matched the image to the text so that it looked authentic. I removed the background and inserted the image into Sony Vegas. Using the 'Event Pan/Crop' tool, I tracked the image along with the character. This took multiple attempts and it was difficult for it to follow the exact movements of the subject. However, after a few trial and errors, I think it received a good result.

Another part of the editing progress that allowed me to develop my skills, was developing the definition post at the very beginning. This involved me creating the post box and putting together the image. I used extensive research and tutorials to create the exact effect that I needed. I used the 'Sony Stereoscopic 3D Adjust' effect which is something I hadn't used before. I improvised a tested out a few effects, but adjusting the rotation and keystone of the element. I completed the animation but using the animate button, and adding in multiple key frames to get the final outcome. From this part, I then found it much easier to animate other elements of my film, such as the production company logos.

For my production company logos, I created two this year, as most films use more than one production company. I used the same name as last years. I recreated the image and added effects. By creating these images it allowed me to test out some of the effects on Sony Vegas. Again, this allowed me to use the animate button and get used to adding different key frames to the film, and hopefully making the logos look professional.