Right when I had finished editing most of my project, specifically the scenes with actors, it was time to add in the sound at the beginning and I, of course, ran into an uh oh. I had found the perfect sound to use from bulletproofbear.com, a website that my teacher had referred as it offers royalty free music. In the website’s search engine it says you are able to search for moods, so I looked up “moody” and after listening to different options, I liked the audio labeled Urban Island by Gregory Scott Reeves! So, thank you Mr. Gregory! I liked it even better when I slowed it down slightly for a slower vibe. However, once I had to add the audio onto the scenes (especially to be able to tweak the length of some of the clips to sound better with the song), I couldn’t find the option to add my own sound on Adobe Premiere Rush. It was at this moment that all my frustrations exploded, and I neglected all my intentions to learn a new software and I took my entire project to iMovie. iMovie has never let me down. Why didn’t I just use iMovie from the first place? Why is my loyalty so feeble? UGH!!!!!!!
Well, enough of the drama. After moving my project to iMovie, I was able to add in the music and edited the lengths of each credit scene to some of the beats of the music. Watching it back, I’m so happy with how everything is turning out, and I’m loving how the font (Montserrat) appears. I chose for the text to be light blue to go with the overall mood of the opening film and what the movie is supposed to represent. Not only is blue a representation of sadness which can allude to Alejandro’s grief, but the blue also matches well with his graduation gown that is later shown. I also edited the song to end when Alejandro is tapping on his phone, transforming the sound into a diegetic one and then leading into the playing of the voicemail.
Placing everything together, I’m soooo happy with how it’s looking and I think it’s finally done! I’m going to look at it again with a pair of fresh eyes later on to ensure that I didn’t miss anything or that something is edited wrongly. I also want to show it to my family members to hear their feedback while I still have some time to fix anything. Looking back on my process, I have definitely learned a lot and have grown as a person in both the context of a content creator and a student. I was (mostly) able to use my time wisely and put what I’ve learned into practice. Though I went through some obstacles, I’m glad I was able to find other solutions that ended up benefitting the overall final look of the opening. Something I forgot to mention, was that I had to cut the detail about the main character playing soccer because it was difficult to get symbols like pictures or trophies to demonstrate his soccer career. The picture I had also shown before () was stuck to the wall and it was the only printed team picture that my family or even the actor’s family had. I didn’t want to print a picture using my own printer because I knew it would’ve looked out of place, and also who prints their own team picture on regular copy paper to hang in their room? To defeat this obstacle, like I had to surpass many others, I decided to work around it and just make do with what I had. Without even knowing that I had initially planned to include that detail, the opening still appears to be seamless. But for the most part, YAY! The film opening is complete!
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