LO3: Applying appropriate visual effects and transitions

Evidence of added visual effects to Climate Crisis Documentary

Example 1: Increasing clip speed

The screenshot shown demonstrates me adding visual effects throughout my short film, the effect added in the screenshot above is an increase of clip speed. To increase the clip speed I have ctrl+clicked on the clip in Adobe Premiere, this then bringing up an effects menu which I selected Clip Speed/Duration.    Once on the Clip Speed/Duration I then applied a 1500x on the clip, this huge additional speed to the clip makes a 5+ minute clip a couple of seconds, by increasing the speed it allows the clip to show the element of time passing but majorly increased. This technique of time lapsing clips allows a new interesting perspective to contrast other B-Roll with, by adding different visual effects to clips it keeps engagement with the audience. 

Example 2: Adding fade in

 Another visual effect added into the documentary is a simple but effective fade, this I added in both the end and beginning of the documentary to demonstrate opening and ending of the documentary.
To add this fade I opened the clips editing settings and selected opacity, once selected I then created a key frame at the beginning of the clip and turned the opacity to 0 and then created another key frame 2 seconds in at 100% opacity this allows a fade into the clip and allows the visuals to be revealed to the audience.

Example 3: Adding Text/Title

In this visual effect I have created a title and also added a fade onto both the title and the subtitle to stagger the shot. I began by using the text tool to add the title, I wanted to have the two words separated by St Pauls tower in the shot therefore I added spaces to make up this gap to fit the words into. After choosing a very bold san serif font, this connoting modernity and visibility, I then began to add a fade to both the title and subtitle, by having them both fade in it would intrigue and engage the audience as well as stagger the two separate titles demonstrating their importance.