We used Final Cut Pro X to edit the trailer.
Throughout the editing process we had to use many different forms of editing techniques. As seen in the picture above, we have been able to overlap different sound effects which flow perfectly when listened to in the trailer.
This screenshot is taken from the very start of the trailer. This was one of the hardest parts to edit as it revolved a lot around the audio aspect of editing. Every white dot you can see in the blue squares is where I have had to synchronise the audio with the picture and overlap the video files in order for the trailer to sound right and make sense. Before doing this, the trailer sounded very amateurish as you could hear each cut and background noise was quite frequent.
One of the most important audio aspects of the trailer is in fact the background music. In this screenshot you can see how we blended our main background music (Twelve Titans - Monolith) with our post credit background music (Power). As you can see, the end of Twelve Titans and the start of Power have been faded out/in, which is followed by a gradual increase in volume where the two white dots can be seen, which is where Oracle puts on his headphones after the short dialogue with Hulk.
These two screenshots show how we created the Green preview screen. We done this by simply creating a green background on Final Cut Pro before adding the appropriate text as an overlay above the green background. If you look closely, you will notice we put the LPGS website URL in the bottom corner to show that we customised it.
To edit the "famous" helicopter crash, I (Charlie) had to find a pre-made green screen helicopter crash on the internet. After downloading the best one I could find, we decided to film a long shot of Michael running towards the camera on one of our filming days. After I got this clip, I placed the helicopter effect above the clip of Michael running. I then put the Luma Keyer effect on the helicopter clip which takes away the green colour and makes it seem as though the helicopter is actually there. However, the helicopter now looked very grainy, and i therefore had to edit the opacity and do some colour correction work to blend in the colour of the helicopter with the background to make it seem as though it really is there.
Throughout the majority of the trailer, we used the Vignette effect which is an effect that is very commonly used in action movies, it gives a sense of tension and makes everything seem slightly more dull, which is what we wanted as the movie is set in a war zone.
The screenshots below show just a tiny portion of the vast editing that went into creating just a few gunshots. To create these gunshots, I had to once again find a green screen effect from the internet that looked good enough for our trailer. I then used the same technique as the helicopter shot but this time I had to line up and angle each gun shot with the barrel of the gun and add other effects found on the internet such as powder which gives the illusion that smoke is coming out of the weapons. Gunshot sounds were also used to go along to make the trailer seem more real and fully immerse the viewer.
The final shot which many audience members seem to like is an effect that I created which quickly rewinds all of the shots to go along with the section of music which creates a lot of suspense and draws the viewers in. This was very tedious, but all I really had to do was find different shots from the trailer and put them in reverse order whilst gradually making each shot shorter to build the suspense more. I also muted every shot so it flowed well.
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