Here in the editing stage I added an adjustment layer so that I could add multiple effects in to one layer so that the file wasn't too big. I adjusted the colour balance to make the short film/documentary yellow, I also turned the whites up and the blacks down and used brightness & contrast to bring the colours in together. This allowed me to have a gritty look but the colours being soft as well as I used practical lighting.
Throughout the duration of the short film I used a basic transition of a simple cut, as I wanted to capture the the effect of a cheap production homemade movie I analysed a lot of films in this style and they all used the same transition. This keeps the short film to a minimal of editing while also keeping a smooth run throughout the duration of 'The Yellow Tape'
During 'The Yellow Tape' I added a few songs from the artists album, during this I played clips of the artist, his friends and them skating. I used the simple transition cuts to my advantage to make the transitions cut in time to the beat of the song, this is a technique that has been used in music videos for years and without the viewer realising it also makes the short film/documentary easier to watch, it is a comfortable way to transition during a song.
During the editing process of 'The Yellow Tape' I only used one other software, being the text on the intro, after I finished the text visual effect I exported the file and added it to the Premiere Pro project for the short film/documentary. I kept the editing to a minimum so that the final film didn't look to professional, hence the relationship I have made with the cheap production aesthetic. I have only used a few layers to build up the short film, music, audio, adjustment layer, play text and the VHS effect. the adjustment layer help a few effects but also kept the file size small when rendering and exporting.
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