G321 Foundation Portfolio: Making of Film Sequence in Final Cut.

1. I used the chroma key in Final Cut to recreate the sin city effect. The top part of the chroma key allows you to select the colours which are going to taken away. Other options allow to select a very specific range of the spectrum. When the colour is chosen the invert key swaps the selection and keep the colours which have been selected.

2. We also had to use the colour correction to make our footage black & white by reducing the saturation and increasing the saturation in the shots where colour is present.

3. To make the effect seen in this image i used the Luma key which works similarly to the chroma key. This allowed us to present our logo in our sequence in the shape of the moving smoke.

4. When working with the sounds I had to reduce the levels at point of narrative, this enhanced the narrative. I used cross fades so that the audience do not notice the transitions.

5. The timeline is where most of the editing happens; small thumbnails show the short clips of video, by placing them one after the other the video is made. Sometimes more than one track have to be used when using effects which overlay footage.

Making of Production titles:

1. By going to File > Place... I used this to insert the background which i created earlier.

2.Then by using the options on the right I added a text layer named 'Blacklist Productions'. I think LiveType is very useful for the project because the titles can be animated and the maker has full control over the effects.

3. To add an additional effect I added some animated smoke, which i then blured and faded on the background. I did this to make the title more interesting and match the original film noir conventions which include dark colours and smoke.

4.Final Production Title

Making of Film LOGO:


1.To make the film logo I had to start with a background which would suit our film as well as th general conventions. I picked a dark wall textured background.