Editing My Trailers on Adobe Premiere Pro

When editing the trailers for the marketing campaign for 'When Duty Calls', I used several tools in Adobe Premiere Pro to help structure and refine my sequence. These tools allowed me to organise my clips, remove unnecessary footage and control the timing of different shots so the final edit flowed smoothly.

• Razor Tool – used to cut clips so I could remove unwanted parts and place shots in the correct order

• Selection Tool – used to move clips around the timeline and organise my sequence

• Constant Fade – used on audio to gradually fade sound in or out, making transitions between clips smoother

• Cross Dissolve – used as a visual transition between clips so that one shot smoothly fades into the next

To keep my editing process organised and efficient, I placed all of my footage into numbered bins on Adobe Premiere Pro. This allowed me to know where each shot was when editing, which saved time and helped me work more efficiently. 

The bins were organised as follows:

• Bin 1: Practice shots from when I was first introduced to the camera. These helped me gain confidence and learn how to use the camera properly
• Bin 2: Domesticated shots of protagonist

• Bin 3: Scenes of the wife pulling an injection out of a secret book, and a key scene where the protagonist's express their love for each other while the husband is hiding his gun in pocket

• Bin 4: Scenes of husband finding his old gun/hacking, as well as the wife running outside

• Bin 5: Investigation-style shots of husband searching files, using a USB stick, binoculars, torch and pulling the trigger of a gun

• Bin 7: Car scene where husband confronts his wife, running shots of husband and letter scene of spying on wife

• Bin 8: The final confrontation scene inspired by 'Reservoir Dogs', where there a a showdown between the protagonists