The document discusses various editing techniques used in Final Cut Pro including adjusting audio levels by manipulating markers, adding transitions between clips, and editing titles by modifying text, font, and color. It also covers importing clips from various sources into Final Cut Pro, using GarageBand to create incidental music, and using Live Type to add effects to the film title to suit the horror genre.

1. Screen Grabs
From the editing process

2. Sound in Final Cut.
O To make the sound levels
increase in one of my audio
tracks. I used the markers
and add an audio button and
dragged the lines till I got
the levels I wanted.
O I used this tool, to make
the incidental music increase
in the shower scene to build
the suspense for the
audience, by will the victim
attack the bully.

3. Adding transitions Final Cut.
O To add a transition in Final Cut
O I went to effects – video
transitions and the chose the
most suitable for the sequence.
O Originally I used many fade in
fade outs, but watching my title
sequence. However I over used
the transitions, and the title
sequence wasn’t smooth.
O To improve this I got rid of
most of the fades and replaced
some of them with plain titles.
It looked more professional.

4. Adding Titles on Final Cut.
O I edited the texts on the
title by clicking on the
control tab and inputted the
text I wanted and change
the font and colour to what
was most suitable as a title
on my sequence.
O The background of the titles
were plain black, as black is
a connation often associated
with horror.

5. Importing Clips in to Final Cut
O To import all of the clip into
final cut we had to import them
in to Imovie first and changed
the format before exporting
them and dragging and dropping
them into Final Cut.
O However we had trouble
importing the clips from my disc
camera, as the clips went wavy
when the film was
compressed, but not when it was
played on QuickTime. So when
the video was uploaded to
YouTube, some of the sequence
was liney, this was something we
couldn’t change, but it wont
effect our overall marks, as its
something to do with the
compression not the actual
footage.

6. GarageBand
O We used garage band to create
our incidental music, because
there was a variety of loops
that you can mix together
shorten, but also layer up to
create a whole new sound.
O With our incidental music we
specified in the loops, that we
wanted minor music because
minor drone tones are used in
horror films.
O Then I clicked the dark tab and
chose a loop most suitable for
our title sequence and
exported it as an Mp3.

7. Live Type
O We used Livetype for the
title of the name of our
Film, because we wanted
something different for
main title to set it aside
from the others
O We chose to add effects on
the titles that would suit
Horror genre
O So we used the shaky effect
to make the title shaky
uncontrollably and we used
the font ‘chiller’. All things
associated with Horror.