Diary for making the promotional filmFirstly I added the video files I had filmed to the editing program I am

using which is adobe premiere elements 10. To add the video files I went to ‘file’, ‘get media from’, ‘files

and folders’.

I then selected the video files I wanted then clicked open.

The files were then uploaded to the editing program

I then opened Adobe after Effects and created a new composition.

Next I drew two boxes on the screen side by side and colour one blue and one green

Next I go to the effects and presents panel on the right hand side of the screen and select Simulation and CC Mr. Mercury.

When the effect is selected I drag it onto the boxes so I do this twice and the boxes transform into the effect that has been dragged onto them so the look like a vortex.

Next I go back to the effects panel and choose the glow effect and the colour of the vortex enhances.

Next I get an image of the college logo and paste it into the simulation and it appears

Then I go back to the effects panel and choose stretch master control so that the logo appears on screen in a cool way. Then I choose the fast blur so that while the logo is stretching it blurs in and finally I choose transform, to choose the size and width of the stretch and release.

After I this saved the splash screen and exported it as an .AVI file. I then uploaded it to the editing program (Adobe premiere elements 10).

I then dragged the opening splash screen into the timeline and placed it where I wanted it. I then did this with the other videos, and placed the background music in the soundtrack timeline.

I

then went into ‘edit’ Video effects, and typed in colour corrector, and clicked and dragged the effect ‘Three way color corrector’ to the clips I wanted. I then right clicked on the video and clicked ‘show properties’, I then changed the ‘three way color corrector’ to the settings I wanted. More most of the video clips that are outside they were mostly the same like Black tones to yellow- Mid-tones to blue-white tones to light blue, for the rest of the video clips more tweaking was needed.

I then altered the sound by adding key frames to the audio and using the mix board to raise the volume of some videos such as when an interviewee is talking.

I then rendered the video so I could see what it would look like.

Before and After

I then clicked on ‘title’, ‘new title’, ‘default still’. This is a way to insert text into the promotional film.

Then I changed the font, the size of the font and the amount the letters are spaced apart.

I then clicked the “Roll/Crawl options” and changed the options to “roll”. I then clicked “ok”. I then

right clicked on the text and clicked “fade in” and “fade out” this makes the text fade in, slowly move up on the screen

and fade out.

I then clicked on ‘title’, ‘new title’, ‘default still’, but instead of typing in the text I put in the Cheadle and Marple Sixth form College logo, I then put this in a different video layer, so it would be over the top of the video, I then changed the position of the logo so it is in the top left corner.

For the interviews in the promotional film I repeated the same steps to put a title in but made a black background for the text to appear on.

To do this I double click on the text, and selected the rectangle tool, and drew it over the top of the text, I then right clicked and clicked arrange, send to back. This is so the text appears over the top of the image.

I then rendered the promotional film again. And exported the file as a FLV. File format. I then uploaded the video to YouTube.

My promotional film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bpNhJn8n64