To end our Action Thriller end sequences, we were asked to create a Snatch effect sequence.
Here are three examples of the original Snatch intro. The sequence would pan out with a series of events that goes through each of the films main characters, where they are doing something (Looking at a diamond, playing cards etc.) The scene would then freeze, and change into a still image edited outside of actual filming. The still would have its Threshold changed to make the characters color change to black and white, add the name and a symbol.
To recreate this in Final Cut, we had to take stills from our film. Originally we were meant to do our own stills, but for this I did Tom’s still and vice versa. But for the tutorial, I changed my still with some previous experience, namely using the Threshold.
By simply adding text where the black was at it’s most, I created an effect similar to The Godfather.
After uploading the image to Flickr, I decided to do Toms still, as there was an effect that I wanted to try, to enhance the still to make it more interesting.
The first stage was finding the still, and then we uploaded it into Photoshop. By changing the filters, we made it black and white like in our film. Afterwards, it was a matter of using the Lasso tool to cut Tom out of the still, then changing the background to another color.
Afterwards, I thought the scene seemed a little bit… Bland. I remember doing a special effect for my intro, where part of my logo moves. I decided to try this with the ending credits, albeit with a gun. My first attempt was with a shotgun, namely a MOSS-500. After uploading the images to Photoshop, I edited the Threshold to make it black and white.
Whilst doing this, I also removed the pump so I could edit it in Final Cut. By adding a motion key frame into the sequence, I moved the pump, thus adding the special effect.
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