Trailer Editing Process

I have got to the stage where I have a rough cut of my trailer:

I have used the software Final Cut Express to edit my film trailer. I have broadened my skills and learnt a lot of new things during the process. To edit this rough cut I have used many tools including; the select tool, the select track forward tool, the razor blade tool, and a range of the dissolve effects (cross dissolve, dip to colour dissolve, fade in fade out dissolve), rendering, filters to brighten shots, adding text and colour blocks, and the pen tool which was particularly useful in changing the volume of each clip.

To get some audience and academic feedback I screened it to my media teacher and one of my peers. Here are their comments:

The comments are positive and what I had hoped for. My peer stated that my music choice goes well with the genre and sounds professional, which is excellent. There is also some positive criticism which I have took on board. 

To improve, I still need to add the title of the film, 'TOM', to the trailer, which is crucial. Moreover I need to focus on the font and intertitles more; making them more effective (same colour, same font and size etc) and genre related. I also need to work on the continuity of the shots and just overall 'tidy' up my trailer and try to improve it to the best of my ability.

Sound

For the sound I decided to go with the track 'Six Wolves' by acclaimed local band hailing from Newcastle, Lets Buy Happiness - which was featured in my animatic. I have permission from my friends and band members Mark and James to use their track in my trailer. As the original song is longer than my film trailer I have mashed it up to make it fit in with the timing of around 2 minutes and also what is happening on screen, such as when characters Tom and Tulip are having fun in the countryside the tempo of the song increases. I used the razor blade and pen tool to do this.