Kieran Beal conducted experiments with editing techniques in Premiere Pro, including transitions, color correction, and cloning effects. For transitions, they experimented with simple fades. For color correction, they used Lumetri to change the color tone and saturation to simulate the effects of a drug. Their first cloning attempt was unsuccessful due to lighting and clothing clashes, but the second attempt worked better with consistent lighting and positioning. They reflected that color correction will be crucial for the film, but cloning may be difficult or removed due to challenges of outdoor filming.

1. Experiments
Kieran Beal

2. Process
I decided to start experimenting with different editing techniques for my short and am
starting off with basic methods of transition into the opening sequence, in this instance I
decided to try a simple fade in technique. With minor adjustments to the time slot between
each key frame. This was simply done to help me familiarise myself with premiere pro's
different transitions that it has available and to get comfortable with editing again, above
anything else.

3. process
This was my first finished experiment
with transitional effects, I also used
this opportunity to familiarise myself
with the colour correction
techniques so that later on I can use
it to drain the saturation of any
scenes that I want without taking
significantly longer stretches of time
to try and edit the scene to how I
want, in this case I have used the
colour correction techniques to
simply change the time of the day in
this JPEG image as an introduction to
the technique, the pixilation is due
to the low resolution of the picture
and unfortunately it wasn’t meant to
be resized to this scale, this issue
won't be present in my actual film. I
was able to change it by increasing
the corner darkness of the image
and giving it an orange tint on the
Lumetri scale.

4. Using the Lumetri colour scale on premiere pro to adjust the vibrance and
the saturation of the scenes at the start of the film, this is what my film is
going to look like when my character is experiencing the effects of the
drug, a simple adjustment to the film but an effective way of showing the
drugs effects on the user, it will also help to amplify the effects of the
visuals when my character is no longer experiencing the effects of the
drug, as well as assisting the audience into knowing what exactly the drug
does without directly giving it away with dialogue.
Process

5. Process
In this part of the clip I have used the Lumetri scale again but this time
to reverse the saturation of the scene as well as the vibrance, I also
provided an additional effect by increasing the fade of the film, in order
to give it a more drained feel, I didn't however switch the scene to black
and white as I wanted the film to feel more dull but at the same time I
didn't want the audience to get the impression that the film had
switched to a film noir type of style. It would also help to emphasise the
effect that the drug makes the world seem more colourful by
comparison, not that the colour never exsisted at all.

6. process
This was my first attempt at
using the cloning effect in
premiere pro and it came out
with a less than desirable
outcome, the issue came in at
the different tones of lighting
in the background and in
addition to that the colours of
the actor's clothing clashed
with the background and
lighting. Initially I was going
to film the character in
different positions on the
same background, then use
cropping and repositioning as
necessary. However to make
this work on a second
attempt I would have to use
the same shot for all the
actions, with the same
lighting level and have the
actors actions spaced further
apart.

7. Process
Upon my second attempt at
the cloning effect for my
project I believe it has gone
marginally better.
There are still parts of the
project that I need to edit
(mainly the background as it
still has a tendency to clash at
times) but this time round I
used a location with a more
consistent lighting source, I
then had an actor whose
clothing colour wouldn't
blend with the background
and distort the picture, I then
simply placed the videos over
each other and cropped and
repositioned them as
necessary, I then used the
edge feather tool and
softened out the jarring splits
between all the videos,
however it hasn't completely
fixed the issue due to the
background being a different
colour in parts.

8. Tools and processesRazor tool: The razor tool is the most basic and essential tool to create a film or any form of video, it used to split up parts of a video file into
separate pieces, which will allow the person editing the video to use different video effects and transitions at different parts of the media file,
as well as allow them to relocate separated parts of the file to different locations of the video.
Transitional effects: These are effects that are you to make the video move more smoothly from one scene to the next instead of abrupt cuts,
some of the effects are available as hard files in Premiere pro that allow for simple transitions, in which case it's as simple as a drag and drop
onto the video file. However even though it takes considerably longer it is possible to create your custom and more impressive transitions. It is
also possible to edit how long your effects go on for and the amplitude of the effect over time, this is done using keyframes.
Keyframes: These are another essential tool to creating unique editing techniques, these are created through the editing effects control panel
and selecting the small stop watch icon next to each effect, this will give you access to the keyframe panel and it will give you a keyframe by
default where the effect will start, you can then go forward or backward in the video, adding or taking away keyframes to change when the
effect will begin or end, you can also change the percentage of the effect at each keyframe so you change how much of the effect will have
taken place at that point, this allows you to have ultimate control over your digital effects.
Colour correction: Colour effects can be done through a few different methods in premiere pro, however the way I did it was using the Lumetri
scale, this is accessed through colour effects on premiere pro, at this point using lumetri colour is easy, it offers the user several different sliders
to adjust the colours of the scene (as seen in my screenshot),

9. Reflection
The number one effect that I will be keeping in my final product is the colour correction effect
that I used in my first real experiment to alter the colours of the scene drastically to create the
drug induced effect and the symptoms of not being on it. This visual effect is going to be crucial
in creating my film and so I definitely will use it in my final product, although I may put more
work into it next time round as at this point in time I simply experimented with a few of the
controls to see what effects I could create however with a little more time to edit I believe I
could create something more impressive than what is present in the experiment.
The cloning effect on the other hand I am unsure of, I know that my original film plan was
absolutely going to use the cloning effect to duplicate some of the characters in the scene to
decrease the demand for actors and wardrobe, this however became a near to impossible goal
as using the cloning effect outside is incredibly difficult. While technically doable there are
many variables to take into account to get good enough footage to use for any shot, it requires
a lot of time and precise methods afterwards to get the shots looking good enough, as a result I
can either edit my screenplay to have this effect take place indoors, or I will have to cut it out of
my screenplay entirely as most of my film takes place outside.