EDITING- text

The final choice for our text that we would use throughout the trailer was very simplistic. We decided to use a simple format for the texts throughout the trailer because the actual edits done to our clips tended to be quite extravagant. To keep the trailer looking not over done we chose this font and effect.

THE EFFECT

The effect we used in the actual transitions was one called 'feature.' We chose this because of the subtlety it offered and also it suited our teaser trailer well because the clips were often quite exaggerated compared to the texts inputted. This effect was inspired by the Hard Candy text effects within its trailer. The story line of both Hard Candy and Alternet are quite twisted and being psychological dramas, the way the text subverts the extravagance of the trailers it makes it even more effective because of the simplicity of the texts. The fading away in our actual transition could even enforce the idea of loss of identity, because of the way the letters gradually vanish once they appear. This could represent our main protagonist and his loss of identity via the web.

THE TYPOGRAPHY

The typography that we chose for our texts was an ordinary non cursive style called [FIND NAME OF FONT AND GET PRINT SCREEN THEN ELABORATE SHAHNAZ BABESSS DON'T FORGET YOU SEXY CREATURE... sorry getting a bit carried away]

THE TIMINGS

Some of the texts with a longer sentence would be harder to read in such a short space of time, the one minute allowed for our overall trailer. So in order for our longer texts to stay for a longer duration so our audience had  more time to read them, the clip of the said texts had to be dissected into 3 parts, and the first and last cutting would be made shorter, but the middle clip would be made longer, so that the actual sentence, once it appeared, would stay on the screen for a longer period of time. This eventually made our trailer a lot more audience conscious fulfilling their satisfaction.

This effect and font used in the teaser trailer were all found on Final Cut Pro. These text were then added to our iMovie saved trailer by exporting the file.