Editing software and camera usage

Our primary movie editing software for our movie opening is Adobe Premier Elements. This is the most advanced school software that we can edit our movie on, and as well as this it includes many more features than other programmes like Windows Movie Maker. The software allows us to manipulate our movie clips as well as sound and transitions and effects to allow us to produce the most effective movie opening we can.

Premier Elements enables us to have a scene-line which we can use to place clips in certain orders...and as well as this we can easily cut clips from the scene-line or even just cut out irrelevant points such as the very first few seconds of a clip. The software provides transitions and effects like fade to black, dissolve,3D and curtains however with a professional approach, we are only going to be using the fades- especially for our film credits.

Premier elements is the closest we are able to be provided with to a professional movie industry editing programme. For this reason, this particular software will enable us to create the most successful opening. We have considered that alongside Premier Elements we could experiment with manipulating imagery in Photoshop and even making final adjustments to our movie in its final upload to you-tube with the you tube editing tools to change contrast and any subtle filters.

our previous experimentation and experience with Premier Elements came into play with our 'what are you doing here' preliminary task where we experimented with the sound levels, addition of sound effects, cut clip beginnings and endings that were invalid, changed order and timing of shots. We additionally experimented with Premier Elements when we created our preliminary task with match on action and shot reverse shots and had to accurately edit the timing of shots here to make our clips seem realistic and structured.

We are going to be filming our movie opening two minutes using cheifely the Nikon Cool-pix L840, however we will be using the Go-Pro HERO 4 alongside this. We are using the Nikon to film our still shots most importantly because of its high quality and ability to record at high resolution and playback. The Nikon camera we are using also has an extortionate storage memory, meaning we can repetitively shoot our different scenes and action that goes on to get the best possible cuts and camera angles. The sound clarity is high quality on this particular camera also- however we still wish to include some of the sound aspects of our movie by pre recording sound through Foley. 

The Go-Pro HERO 4 is going to be used by us to capture the more active scenes of the movie opening, as well as being used to capture action from different angles. We will also be taking full advantage of this particular camera because it is best when used for sporting/ high paced action and scenes so we are going to use a hired chest strap and head strap to strap onto our male actor when he is running from the crime scene to receive point of view shots and canted angle and handheld appearing shots creating an uneasy feeling. 

Alongside these cameras we are using a school provided tripod which will keep the Nikon camera sturdy and supported. We will only be using this tripod when using the Nikon camera because the HERO 4 is going to be used to film more uneasy shots taking on traits from self filmed movies like the Blair witch project.