Editing - Visual
Transitions
For the transitions between the clips, we used the 'Cross Dissolve' effect and the 'Dip to Black' effect, resulting in the fading at the beginning and end of the clips. This makes the transition more smooth. You can see it in the video below.
Photoshop
We wanted to include the effect of our main character, Helena, looking through the camera at the Boss and taking a photo, to prove that later on, she does indeed have materials with which she can blackmail her.
To start, I took a picture of the photo-taking screen of the Canon 7D Helena uses for reference to make my own overlay.
First, I screenshot the image I wanted to base the overlay around from the Premiere project, and drew rulers on to where I wanted the information to be. Then, I drew lines on for the focus areas of the screen to make it look like the audience is looking through the camera themselves. After finding a suitable battery icon on Google, I created the battery info in the top left corner. I then added the other numbers at the bottom, before creating the plus/minus icon and the zoom scale. Finally, I created the 'ISO AUTO' sign on the bottom right. To make it look like the real Canon 7D screen, I added a black 'stroke' around each of the numbers, letters and signs. After that, I hid the photo layer and saved it as a PNG, so it can be put into the project and overlaid onto the video.
Here you can see the original camera overlay from the 7D compared to the overlay I created on Photoshop.
Black screen
White flash
Camera overlay
The photo
Here you can see the timeline of the project where the 'taking the photo effect' is; you can see the overlay, then a white flash before the screen goes to black and the photo appears, as if the audience is looking through the camera. The fact that we see Helena actually take the photo further proves the fact that she has the material to blackmail the Boss with. You can see this effect in action in the video below.