By James grimley

1. Premiere effects
JAMES GRIMLEY

2. Brightness + Contrasting
 This was a regular effect used for our editing process as this enhanced the shots through making the
background brighter and showing the character in a better light. This effect wasn’t used in my AS
production showing a development of our technological skills. During my time in AS I only used a few
basic effects on Premiere such as wipes, dissolves and straight cuts. Below you can see the comparison
between the picture on the right (without brightness and contrasting) and the picture on the left (with
brightness and contrasting) with the left picture being much clearer and of a much better quality as it
highlights all the background colours well and makes them stand out compared to the dim and dull
colours of the picture of our first draft video.
Brightness +
contrasting
Without brightness
+ contrasting

3. Warp stabiliser
 This effect was used in our music video to enabled the shots to become more
steady and in focus, this was effective as it looks more professional rather than the
shot looking wobbly and unprofessional. This was an important effect for us as we
had many unusual shots such as underwater shots we needed to be steady.

4. Reverse + Slow mo.
 This was an effective new effect that we brought into our A2 production, this
effect was used to reverse water splashing on Ben’s face. This effect linked into our
concept genre as it was strange, dark and followed no real narrative idea behind it.
This also linked into our audience research as our Indie audiences say they
preferred a video that had no narrative.
Here is a screenshot of the Reverse
Slow-motion effect of the water
being reversed from Ben’s face back
up towards the camera.

5. Gaussian blur
 This effect hides part of the shot from the audience which is similar to a cross dissolve but in the
same shot. Will decided to use this effect as he wanted to hide part of the background but keep it
in the shot so it was visible. In our music video we used this when a flower was close to the camera
and I was in blurred out in the background wearing the famous blue boiler suit.
Here you can see the Gaussian
blur effect from our video. The
front image of the flower is
focused and clear but the
background of me in the boiler
suit is blurred linking to our
concept theme of being dark and
mysterious.