Editing Software

The editing software I will be using to make my film opening is Adobe Premiere Pro. This is because it's my main editing software; it's also a perfect tool for a good horror film opening. Therefore, I will need to do research on how to make my film opening neat for my audiences, Adobe Premiere Pro is used by professionals like Hollywood and YouTubers, which means it's a very trusted editing software. However, they have many other interesting things put into it, including timeline editing, which is to layer video, audio, and effects; in one of the sidebars built-in effects like fades, dissolves, and custom transitions are also included. (This VIDEO taught me Adobe Premiere Pro when I first used it.)

Color grading and Audio tools are important to use in edits, these two tools help set the tone and the looks of your film opening, especially when you can change the color or sound of a specific thing that doesn't seem appealing to have. Moreover, keyframing allows you to create slow zooms which are perfect for suspense, integrations work really well on Premiere Pro since they allow you to use After Effects for a more advanced visual effect in your genre. Using Premiere Pro, you can create suspense easily using tight, quick cuts to create confusion, you can also use match cuts, for interesting transitions that help build suspense. Using the color grading tool, you can create a creepy atmosphere through color, the color you change will mainly represent your genre.

Sound in a horror film opening is everything, with Adobe's Audio tools I can layer different types of sounds like whispers, leaves crunching, birds humming, trees moving around in the wind, and other different things. Two of the most important things I would do before a scare to build tension are to have sudden silence and then a high-pitched hum, kind of like a 'ding', this builds up tension to loud scares and increases the fear of the audience. The last thing I would do while I'm editing my film opening is put texts and titles the design would be more pencil-like with a slow fading text, from what I learned while researching film openings for the genre horror is that the pencil font is really famous and is still cool looking since it matches the horror vibe. With all of these tools, Premiere Pro will allow me to shape every visual and auditory detail the way I want, confirming that my film opening will look good.