After
all the main film was finished, then I had to create other transition
portions of the film. What I mean by this is the introduction, the
ending credits, and other sorts of transitions to help divide the
film into sections or chapters. I had already created the title
sequence sometime before. But there were a few changes that I wanted
to make.
To
the introduction sequence, or title sequence, I had originally made
text fly across the screen. It bothered my eyes, so I suspect that it
would bother the eyes of other viewers, too. So I cut down the
sentences to single words, and allowed them to stay on the screen
across different shots. I think it ended up looking better.
Another
set of transitions that I knew I wanted from the beginning was to
divide chapters up with a shot of a moving subway train. I had
already collected these shots very early in the filming process. So,
for the beginning of the film, I wanted a shot of a train arriving.
For the end of the film, I wanted a shot of the train leaving the
station. And in between, I wanted shots of trains moving or driving
along their paths.
The
ending credits were a bit more difficult to complete because I didn't
have a previous vision of what I wanted. I knew that I wanted moving
images, and a more designed credit sequence, more like a tv show than
a feature length movie. I was thinking of either editing shots from
the film, and reapplying them during the credits, but instead I
decided for some shots that I had from Central Park. Because it was
the credit sequence, I didn't want the picture to be perfectly clear
(like the film), so I made the image a bit washed out and
desaturated. Since I learned that iMovie would allow me to import
images with transparency, I knew that I could layout the credits with
a little bit of originality. I really hate short films that have long
credit sequences, so I wanted to use as few pages as possible to
attribute all of the necessary credits. It came out to two pages, so
I am happy with a complete credit sequence that is less than ten
seconds.
After
putting together the whole film, with intro, credits, and
transitions, it felt a bit rushed after leaving the title screen, and
then jumping straight into Ramon talking about himself. So I decided
to include a brief introductory segment of several different shots of
Ramon, with his name across the screen, telling the viewer what we
were about to watch: Ramon Catalan, musician. In order to distinguish
this brief introductory segment from the rest of the film, I made it
black and white.
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