"Dirty Diamonds" update

This weekend the three of us met at Rudi's home to edit and create new footage for the trailer based on the feedback from our classmates. Me and Rudi filmed footage of diamonds falling as we believed this would look great in the trailer especially with a slow motion effect and a short piece of text overlapping the footage. I would pour the bag of diamonds onto the table from just above the camera so that they would land in perfect view, we found that the diamonds would bounce in every direction so it was a challenge clearing it all up as we had to shoot the shot several times in order to get the best result. One problem we faced was that the table was very reflective and we could see the reflection of a nearby lamp and fire place so we had to try different angles to find the best one with little reflection.

When Lee arrived the three of us started to edit the trailer- the first thing we did was add the extra gun shot at the end (suggested by a classmate) so there would be a gunshot sound for the words 'Dirty' and 'Diamonds' this has worked very well and I am pleased we added the sound.
We looked at the start of the trailer to make changes with Lee creating the idea of having the sound of a life support machine at the beginning (instead of heart beat) which will faintly beep across the entire trailer until the gunshots at the end to prove to you that someone will be put in hospital from gun wounds (the viewer will not know who unless viewing the feature film) after trying this the three of us agreed it worked brilliantly.
Me and Rudi then wanted to add our diamond footage so by deleting the original image of the speech we managed to fit the best shot of the diamonds in, we slowed the shot down by 50% so you can clearly see the diamonds falling to the table as if Dirty Dez was doing it, we then added a shorter version of the speech onto the footage which we believe looks great. When watching the trailer back again the speech still seemed a little dull so I came up with the idea of having the speech read out whilst it was playing so we recorded Lees 'Dirty Dez' voice and Rudi then added it to the speech, we all agreed it made the speech much more interesting.

The three of us decided it would be good to improve the ending of the trailer so we looked through the sound library on 'Final Cut Pro' and found the sound effects of gun shells falling, guns being loaded and the sound of cars skidding. We realised the use of more sounds would make the ending more dramatic and hectic so we added the sounds of more gun shots followed by the sound of the police cars skidding (showing a gun battle with police). We then had the idea to have a loud gun shot at the end followed by the sound of the gun shells falling to the floor, this proves that either someone important had fired the gun or someone important had been shot by the gun as the sound is silent compared to the previous police shooting. I hope this is a good ending to the trailer and would make viewers eager to see a feature film, always leave people wanting more.