THE USE OF SPECIAL EFFECTS

IN OUR PITCH, WE DID NOT SPECIFY ANY SPECIAL EFFECTS THAT MAY BE USED IN THE EDITING PROCESS. WHILST EDITING OUR FIRST ROUGH CUT, WE WERE THINKING OF WAYS WE COULD MAKE THE SEQUENCE LESS STAGNANT AND BORING IN A SENSE. WE ACHIEVED THIS BY USING OVERLAYS AND A VHS EFFECT. THE OVERLAYS USED WAS TO EMPHASISE THE SENSE OF A CHAOTIC SLEEP WITHIN THE PROTAGONIST; I THINK THIS EFFECT WORKED REALLY WELL AND GAVE THE PERFECT EFFECT FOR THE SCENE. IT WAS A FAIRLY EASY EFFECT TO MAKE CONSIDERING NONE OF THE GROUP WERE FAMILIAR WITH PREMIERE PRO SO IT WAS BENEFICIAL TO US ALL TO LEARN A NEW SKILL. 

 OTHER EFFECTS WE DECIDED TO USE WAS THE VHS TAPE. WE WERE ORIGINALLY LOOKING FOR A TYPE OF ANIMATION ON THE CLIP THAT WOULD DISTORT IT SLIGHTLY, IN ORDER TO PORTRAY THE PROTAGONISTS MIND SET. HOWEVER, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN THIS CLIP SO WE TURNED TO YOUTUBE. WE FOUND A VHS GLITCH CLIP THAT WE LIKED TO USED CLIPGRAB AND PLACED IT INTO OUR SEQUENCE. WE PLACED IN ON TOP OF THE CLIP WHERE WE WANTED IT, AND TURNED DOWN THE OPACITY IN ORDER TO SEE THE CLIP UNDERNEATH. THIS GAVE A GOOD GLITCHY EFFECT TO OUR SEQUENCE AND WE WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME.