📆 Date: 27.02.2024 - 01.03.2024
📍 Location: Home
💻 Device: ASUS VivoBook 15
💾 Software: DaVinci Resolve
Day 1: Tuesday, February 27
Rough cut #3 was the addition of effects and transitions. Before officially adding in the transitions, I played around with the keyframes and adjusted the zoom that I discovered in the Inspector section of DaVinci Resolve. The scenes where I have used this zooming edit were when the camera pans to the mirror and reveals the character's alternative identity when breaking news is heard, when the text message is seen, and when the murder scene is seen. This addition is because, throughout the post-production process, I think that it would be better to zoom in to further emphasize the details of the scene. Since the zoom is not manual, there are scenes where the camera movement gets very shaky and I'm not very satisfied with the result. However, I think that Zoom has helped to add additional tension to a few of the scenes. Furthermore, I also add tension sound effects to emphasize what is seen on screen. The sound effects that were added were challenging to find, especially because I already had a very clear sound in mind that I wanted to use, so it took me a while to find the most suitable one for each scene. In the end, I think the sound complements the scene and the meaning behind it quite well, which I am happy about.
The photo on the right is just a screenshot of my notes after Rough Cut #2 and I noted down scenes where I believed that a zoom-in effect could help it look better. I also noted down the sound effects keywords to search for as well as the fonts that I could use for the title ident later on. There are a few more notes that I wanted to show but I'm afraid it is written in a hurry with weird wordings that only I could remember what was the idea so unfortunately I couldn't show them all here.
Day 2: Thursday, February 29
There are 2 transitions that I favor the most out of all which are the Dip-to-Color Dissolve and Cross Dissolve. Besides the dissolve set of transitions, I also have used the effect Digital Glitch of DaVinci for a few of the scenes where there is a change in the character's identity. However since some of my footage was too short, I'm unable to add the transition, therefore I'm not 100% satisfied with the transitions between shots of my film's opening sequence. After the basic transitions, I begin to work with 2 scenes where glitches are needed, which are the bathroom scene and the scene at the staircase.
I have 2 footage for the scene and I wanted to make it a glitch between the 2 footage, representing the glitch between the 2 identities. Firstly, I have the footage in 2 different layers and have one as the base (in the photo you can see that the detective outfit is the base). I then cut the other footage into smaller parts and matched them with the action of the base footage. After everything was in sync, I used the effect Digital Glitch available in DaVinci Resolve to create the glitching effect for the footage.
Not only did I add in the glitch effects but the transition Digital Glitch as well. Moreover, to make the scene more realistic, I also added some glitching sound effects. Overall, I think that I'm happy with how the transitions and the effects turn out. However, there is one specific scene which is the scene in the bathroom where I don't think the cut is smooth and looks seamlingless to what I wanted, but it is the best that I can get for the final result. For improvements, I think that I will be more careful with the size of the shots between the 2 shoots to ensure that during post-production, I could better match cut it into 1 seamless shot and make it look like the identity is different in and outside of the mirror. Day 3: Friday, March 1
It was also during this rough cut (around 12 o'clock at midnight) that I decided to add the title ident and fortunately, DaVinci Resolve also has a title ident template with the glitching effect that fits perfectly with my film's opening sequence. However, the range of typography that could be used is overwhelming for me and therefore it took me a while to choose the perfect typography to use, I also went through different changes before settling on the most suitable one. Besides, I also have to decide what is the name of my Media company. The options are Anna Studio or Namondej Productions but in the end, I decided to go with Namondej Productions.
The main title ident of the film, WHO ARE YOU? was only introduced at the end of the film's opening sequence, and I actually drew it myself (the style and typography were not mine by the way). If you are interested in knowing how I came up with the title idents, the options that were considered, and the final result, you could visit my Title Ident blog to see the detailed process. In the film's opening sequence, I also used an effect for the title ident which is a Block Glitch. Furthermore, I also added sound effects to add tension to the ending scene and attract the audience to stay for the upcoming part of the movie.
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