Research into effects - (Sarah)

Research into effects:

Video on transitions:

Saturation -

Saturation is often dulled in hospital scenes to convey negativity and a serious atmosphere. I have researched into many hospital scenes, but one example is 'My Sisters Keeper'. Although this film doesn't relate to our film, the use of saturation can still be applied. The use of a slightly more monochrome/blue toning is the stereotypical of hospitals as it usually has connotations of blue.
 

Dissolves -

To help create the effect the main character 'Sophie' is drunk, I think it would be best to use point of view shots in the car and use many dissolves to convey a blurry effect which shows alcohol has limited her clarity of sight and that it is unsafe for her to drive.

White fade -

We will be using a few white fades in and out. The first being the titling, as the corridor doors open, a fade to white appears and the titles appear. This fade to white is used to suggest the light streaming in and then it is clearer to see the title of the film.


The other white fades in and out are used to represent flashbacks. They will indicate the change of time and location (back to the event of how the accident took place). I've researched into how other films used flashbacks, these include a range of techniques such as a certain sound effect used, a change of screen colour, change of grain and a ripple effect. However, my favourite effect was the white fade, an example of this is in 'Without A Trace'. I used white fade flashbacks in my AS film which I think worked well. I also found an effect called 'Light rays' on Final Cut Pro which gave a strong indication of a flashback so we could also use that slightly to give the effect of a blur of the flashback transition.

• http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FlashbackEffects

Cut to black -

A straight cut to black at the point the two cars collide will indicate the crash and gives a very dramatic effect. We were considering using a fade, however I think it would be much better to use a cut to black as it gives the audience more of a shock and creates an effect of drama.

Reverse of film for accident -

At the point of the accident; because it would be obviously highly dangerous to try and fake a car accident by stopping the cars just before they collide, we will film the cars together and then them both reversing back at the same time. 
In post production editing I will the reverse the clip and it will appear they cars are about to collide. Then combined with the foley sound effects of an accident (Screeching tyres, crash sound, car horn etc).