I started by putting all of the shots for the ship model into a folder, and I imported that folder onto Premiere Pro. Similar to the silver plate edit, I added the shots to the sequence according to the script to give me a starting point for the duration of the video and the order of each shot. I found doing this useful as I was able to see if it each shot look good together or not, and I was then able to change the shots if I wasn't so sure of them.
I then added the voice over and placed them into sections and the order into what I thought sounded natural. I didn't want the narrative to be one after the other as I didn't think that was very natural, so I made sure to leave some gaps where the sound will be just static or some sound effects. Much like the silver plate video, I decided to do the voice over for this video as I thought I my tone of voice suited the video and kept the audience engaged.
I then started to add sound effects to the video to along with the visuals. The main sound effect I wanted within the video was a flash type of sound effect. I wanted this to differetinate from different locations and different periods of time. Along with this flash sound effect, there is a dip to black transition so not only can you hear a flash, you can see one as well. I did this to create a flashback sort of effect, which in turn would keep the audience's interest and engagement. I thought this effect, along with a change of colour on the visuals, would be effective throughout the video and would show a clear passing of time, which would give the video a montage tone and feel.
I also added a sound effect of men talking and 'murmuring' to create the atmosphere, along with a ship ambient sound effect, where you can hear rigging and the boat creaking and the waves from the sea.
I then added a creaking door sfx to start the video and a cross dissolve into the visual so it has the effect of someone opening a door to the entrance of a hulks ship, or something along those lines. To add to the atmosphere of being on a hulks ship, I have added flies and bugs sfx, waves crashing and seagulls. These sfx create a good atmosphere and sense as to what it would've felt like to be on these sort of ships, and it gives the audience a realistic view, and almost makes them feel like they are on the ship themselves.
Then to go along with the exploration of the model, I have added some cannon sfx and wind sfx to go along with the visual of the cannons along the side of the ship, and the three flags that were placed on the ship. I also added some carving sfx to add to the realism of the model being carved by the prisoners on the ship.
I then moved onto colour correcting the shots, and brightening up the dark shots of the Hulks interior. I started off with the three-way colour corrector, which is what I use to colour correct every shot within the video, but then I used the shadow/highlight effect. I found this effect useful as I was able to adjust the levels of how dark the shadows are and how light the highlights are. Luckily, I wanted these shots to be quite dark for a natural effect, so the darkness of the original shot didn't create too much of a problem.
For the flash black scenes, I decided to make the black and white, to create an old effect but also to create the difference between present day and past tense, which goes along with the narrative. I used the three colour corrector, auto contrast and levels to create this black and white effect. I did think about using the black and white filter, but I wanted it to have a hint of colour, so the colour isn't so simple, it has quite a lot of depth. I think this makes the image look more interesting and artistic and I'm ready happy with the outcome of this flashback segment of the video.
Since I haven't finished the colour correcting of all of the visuals, so when I show this rough cut to Rachel and Jeremy, I will mention the incomplete colour correction, but I don't think it will be too much of an issue.
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