Evaluation

These are some screenshot of some of my trailer, mostly i mixed monochrome with sepia tones so other than my final stop motion my entire trailer is without colour- i wanted it too look old and somewhat mirror the 1940s style that i had previously researched, i left my final stop motion in colour simply because the colours themselves were very British and alluded to the Union Jack. some of my film was in portrait format so in order to place it within my trailer i placed photographs over the top ( lowering the opacity and using a layer mask to make the video clearer), i'm actually fairly pleased with how they turned out and since my video is disjointed itself these segments work well although this could have been avoided entirely if i had filmed landscape to fit the screen.

My kinetic text was probably the hardest section of my video, it was a strong element in the brief so i knew it had to be as important as the rest of my trailer, since all of my video was shot by me i felt that my kinetic text had to have a handmade quality to it or it would look too clean and out of place in my trailer. i always wanted to place it atop the last shot of my stop motion ( i felt that placing it atop any of my video would be too overpowering since my video focuses on different people). i designed the type myself it wasnt based at all on any of the fonts found in the 1940s trailers researched (although it probably should have been in order to fully convey a flavour of the era- my film was essentially about being British "carry on the struggle" was the line in Churchills speech that conveyed this, i thought that "carrying on" was a British concept, its what they did during the war and i think to some extent something we do now). despite this i do really like my type, its light and fun and it mirrors my stop motion. having the text fly in on planes was essentially an aspect taken from my three stop motions in the video and related to the British Air force which during the war was one of our strongest defences. practically it also allowed the words to float in without looking out of place. i think the gun is probably one of my favourite bits of kinetic text and ive tried to keep the motion fluid by having smoke rise from the gun with the words carry on.

overall im really happy with what ive achieved in my trailer, i think its fun and very British which was my overall concept. i loved doing the stop motions since it allowed me to be more imaginative and creative. i enjoyed using motion far more than i liked using final cut pro simply because it had a lot more filters and cameras, although i managed the basics in motion i would have liked to explore 3d cameras a little more when placing my kinetic text but since i had a fair amount of text flying in i felt it would complicated matters if i used the cameras as well. i also think my trailer would have been faster paced if id used a smaller section ( but i had a lot of footage and i couldnt resist displaying more of it). Churchills voice was also very heavy and slow in order to lighten it to match my trailers mood i placed an acoustic instrumental version of the kinks a sunny afternoon track below the video ( i thought that the song itself was upbeat enough to lighten and ironic since Britain is known for its bad weather) and i think it works although im not sure if its entirely effective enough. despite this im pleased with my trailer and i had a lot of fun creating it.