Tagged, our finished product uses a number of techniques to make it the short you see here. To achieve the desired effect of morbid curiosity and of course its entertainment value, I decided on an approach that are not typical of mainstream media. The usage of cross cutting, the different transitions and scenes, not to mention the title slides to tell the back story, but without revealing too much, by doing this it would make the audience want to know more, to watch more.
Photoshop was used in combination with iMovie HD to create the title slides.The background for the title slides which introduce our production company, the other slides, which have the typewriter text were made using photoshop and iMovie HD. The typewriter text gives the short a largely official, perhaps military feel if you go to on extreme of the spectrum.
Various video effects were used such as changing the colour contrasts, as well as making certain scenes black and white or seemed aged. Specifically the interview scenes, and scenes in which a first person view is used using a hand held camera. The hand held camera shots had to be edited into black and white and the contrast et cetera changed to set them aside from the rest of the short, using the hit film 'Predator', as inspiration.
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Mike Bolton
