The final editing day. Today I got the second half of the video done. I made some more Foley sounds, put together a more cohesive second section to the video, made intro credits, and surpassed some obstacles.
First, the Foley. Listening back to the injection sound, I felt as though it was a bit flat with just soap sounds, so I added depth to it by crushing up an apple and squishing it to create a more harsh sound to compliment the soapy sound. Now it sounds as though the needle is really going deep, while not showing it. As well as this, there were some sections where Foley was required to make it look like I was really working on the teeth. There was a section with a scraper where there was no other sound, so I used Foley to make it more interesting. The scene had a scraper being used to remove the plaque in teeth, so I got a plastic stick and dragged it across the table, making a scraping sound.
When I was editing the tooth removal scene, it looked unrealistic without any blood. I attempted to change that. I saw how the tooth had a variety of colors on it which would be the same on the pliers. With this in mind I used the Color Replace feature on Premiere. This was my first time using the Color Replace tool although I am certified with the platform. I started by using the color select to choose which colors to replace. It was difficult to change the color of one aspect of the screen, because with too much allowance for similarity of color would make the wall red. I found that the sweet spot was between the similarity of 3 and 6. I did this for three scenes. The setback of this method to make the tools look bloody is how the color does not stay in the same spot respective to the pliers and tooth as when shadows move, the colors will change. However, I believe that this method works better than what I had originally planned with ketchup because it looks much more realistic on a freeze frame.
When I was editing the clips for the second half. I found that I filmed clips which made the pacing of the second conflict a bit fast. Therefore, I made use of fast pace music to make it less daunting in comparison to the pacing of the first half of the film. As well as this, when transitioning from the needle scene to the scene of the kid in the waiting room who is confused by the sound in the Smile Room, I decided to make the soundscape a bit unrealistic as the sounds of needles are not as loud as it is made to be in the film. This is specifically done in order to add novelty and make the shot look more harrowing than it actually is to add to the aspect of horror. As well as this, I added a muffle effect called LowPass which made the sound lighter and appear as though it was through a wall.
I acted on my plan for the intro credits. I had some problems trying to import Futura into premiere as it did not take the font format that I was trying to import. However, I chose the next best thing. For the intro credits, I made them span the first three scenes which are slowly paced. For the credits I made them a bold black with a red outline to juxtapose the more blue background. I also gave thanks to Le Orthodontics as my last introduction credit.
The reason for the relative darkness of this next frame is something that I will be explaining. When attempted to export the film to send to friends to critique and give feedback for. I found that it was very very overexposed. This is a problem. The scene was way too white to give the tone of horror. It is best exemplified in this scene where my shirt almost blends into the background due to this overexposure. This, I learned, is a problem with only the iPhone 13 and 14 cameras with Premiere. An oversight on either Premiere or Apple's end. In order to fix this, I had to go through each shot and select Modify. After this, a pop-up would appear and I would select Interpret Footage. After this, I would change the Color Space Override to a lower number. This, while not a perfect solution, worked to make the scene more crisp and less bright. On top of this, it had the added benefit of making the shot a bit darker, which I found added to the tone of a scary, isolated room.
Lastly, to finish the video, I made a final revision of the Smile Room logo which would be the credits. I would change the color of the smile to white to make it different from the black background on Premiere. As well as this, I used my knowledge of Photoshop in order to make the font look glitched. This contrasted the logo which was shot in the film and adds to the theme. The two yellow O's also look like cavities.
Overall, today was a success. I finished the video and am excited to show it to my peers. In the next post, I will be answering the final two CCR questions that I can now answer because the video is complete.
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