'Lily' Title Sequence (work in progress):

Research into editing:

Within our title sequence we wanted to replicate the effect of losing consciousness. We originally began with a low angle, point of view shot aimed at the ceiling. The shot tracked down the hallway tilting from side to side suggesting someone was being wheeled down a hallway in a hospital bed. To create the appearance of losing consciousness we needed to edit within post production using the software 'Adobe Premiere Pro'.

I had previously never used this software to edit my work and therefore had to conduct research in order to create my desired effect and make it look professional. I firstly wanted to know how to create a fade in and out so the focus would change throughout the sequence making the clips disorientating.



Above is the clip I found during research. The clip was used to guide our group replicating a fade in and out effect. We replicated the effect shown above to demonstrate the character slipping in and out of consciousness, specifically her vision blurring and then clearing. A second effect we wanted to create was the appearance of blinking as demonstrated on our title sequence photo story board:

Through several research attempts involving research into YouTube videos as well as media blog's I couldn't find a way of creating the effect of blinking whilst it remained realistic. I therefore tested out several video effects in attempt to create a realistic looking blink. After many practice attempts we did the following to create a blink effect:

• Razor blade tool along the clip every few seconds where blink would be needed.
• Separate the clips.
• Add fade to black edit on the end and beginning of each clip, shorten/ lengthen as appropriate.

Through using this technique we were able to replicate the appearance of blinking as though the audience were looking out of the eyes of our protagonist Lily.

This is what the first draft of our opening title sequence looks like following the editing process within post production. The titles themselves have not yet been added.