Premiere Progression Blog Post 27

Shard Soldier

I will now be adding a new clip to the trailer. This clip will go after the Water clip. This clip is based on the glass shards from a window which transforms into a shard demon. I really liked this clip I thought this clip works really well with the trailer because it brings something different. I also complies with the idea of action and battles which is what I wanted, it shows an enemy is emerging ready for battle. I will be taking this shard solider clip from VTS_08_4_x264.

 

I made sure that the source tab was on in the viewing panel and dragged the walk-through to the viewing panel. I then used the In and Out Tool to make a mark at 00:12:46:23 and 00:12:48:18. This clip is where shards of glass fall onto the floor. I then dragged the clip down into the Project Clips Bin and renamed it 'Shard Soldier'.

 

Shard Soldier clip added to Project Clips Bin

I then dragged the clip to the timeline at the end of the end of the music . The only problem with the clip was the writing on the clip which needed to be removed. Apart from that I felt that this clip followed the character jumping clip really well.

So, I started by separating the video and the audio, however, this time I kept the audio. I did this by right clicking on the clip on the timeline and went to Unlink. I then selected the audio and deleted it because I did not want the audio as I was going to be using different audio music for it. 

 

Shard Clip unlinked and audio removed

 I then moved onto to resizing the clip. I did this by double clicking on the clip in the clip view panel (right hand side viewing panel) till an orange lining around the clips and had little squares which I used to resize the clip. I resized the clip that the edges of the clip were touching the overall fit of the trailer.

Clip in Resize Mode

Here is the result.

Clip Resized

I then went and cropped the clip. I did this by going to the Effects panel tab in the same section as the project bins and then went to Video Effects > Transform > Crop. I then went into the Effects Control panel to the crop settings. I then set the crop percentage for the bottom only because there is text on the clip which I do not want to be viewed in the trailer. So, I set the percentage for the bottom crop at 15%. This was enough to crop the writing and enough that it did not take up much of the clip up either. I then repositioned the clip so that the two black lines on the clip were even at both the top and the bottom of the clip.

Video Effects: Transform: Crop. Crop settings.

Clip Repositioned

I did not cut the clip up because I felt that the clip was long enough that you are able to see the shards form into a warrior, but it did not take up half of the trailer. I have also not changed anything in this clip via effects because I like it the way it is. I think the lightening is really good on the clip as you are able to still see the shard warrior coming to life, but still see the darkness of the shards. I think this is due to the lighting being placed around the background scene rather than directly on the shards itself. So, this is the reason why I kept the clip as it was.

Tools I have used in this post:

• In and Out tool
• Unlink
• Resize
• Crop