Premiere Progression Blog Post 33

Arrow Shot Clip

 I will now be adding a new clip to the trailer. This clip will go after the Shields Clip. This clip is based on the main character. originally this clip was after the shooting arrow clip, but some reason I did not place it back there and by that time I sorted all my transitions out I thought it was best not to mess with it a lot. However, I did use this clip after the shield clip. I mainly used this clip because there were not many clips of the main character. I also found this clips really effective because it is based on the main character being attacked themselves. Though this clip does look quite effective after the shields because after this clip there will be another fight clip, so I guess that is a bonus. I will be taking this Arrow Shot clip from Tombraider Walkthough.

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 00:45:06:23 and 00:45:07:10. 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 'Arrow Shot'.

Arrow Shot Clip in the Project Clips Folder

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.

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. 

Arrow Shot Clip Unlinked and the Audio Deleted

So, I have decided to try to resize the clip so that there are two black lines which will match with the previous clips by double clicking on the clip in the view panel on the right hand side of the screen. However, this did not work very well, because I resized the clip with a corner square, then tried to widen it with a square on the right hand side, and it just resized it in the wrong way. So, My only option at the moment is to crop it.

I used the crop and it worked out loads better than I anticipated. I thought that I would be loosing a lot of the video clip from both the top and the bottom, however I did not. Which was a big relief, otherwise I would have had to go back and resize all of the clips, meaning that I could loose quality and become pixelated.

To get to the crop I went to the Effects Panel > Video Effects > Transform > Crop. I then selected the clip and then clicked on Effects Control. I changed the crop percentages for both the top and the bottom only. This is because I still wanted the width to be the same size as the fit, but I wanted to cut some off the top and the bottom on that it matched the previous clips [as mentioned above]. I only went with 20% because it was enough that it looked like the other clips, but also enough that a lot of the clip is still in tack and that you can still see everything that happens. 

Video Effect: Transform: Crop. Crop Settings

I did not cut the clip because there was not point as the clip only lasted about 2-3 seconds and there was enough video already there that it would not take over the trailer. I also did not change anything in terms of effects. This is because I really liked the darkness it almost felt like the main character was trying to escape the castle on an evening watch. I also felt that the lighting already perfect on the clip especially where the fires were and then the lighting on the main character from the fire.

Tools I have used in this post:

• In and Out tool
• Unlink
• Resize
• Crop