Completion of final piece

Yesterday I finally completed my final piece which falls just under 12 minutes (with credits). I mainly used my time to tweak a few things, mainly to do with the sound, but other than that I was very pleased with the outcome.

The first general development was using the pen tool to make the sound fade in and out to a more professional standard, rather than using the cross fade effect.

The screenshot shows how, especially with the voiceover sections, I faded the sound in and out with the pen tool to clear it up and give it a more professional standard. I also dipped the audio levels of the sound track where necessary, to give more emphasis on the voiceover.

However I did have problems with the soundtrack of 'Air France - No excuses' because when I tried to use the pen tool, it would insist on cutting the beginning of the song out, which was the section of the song I wanted.

This screenshot shows how I ended up keeping the cross fade at the beginning of the song because it had the correct result I was wanting.

Another attempt at improving the piece was to reduce the transitions between interview cuts, and to use cutaways instead. The following 2 screenshots show this.


I felt that the use of cutaways in this part felt lost because they weren't really relevant to what Hussain the interviewee was saying, and the only one I could find that remotely seemed relevant just seemed pointless on its own. In the end I decided to remove the cutaway, and rather than go back to using a cross dissolve effect like before hand, I didn't insert anything and left it how it was. I was pleased with the end result and felt it worked better.