Ending Scene - Edit Test

 Edit Test - Ending Scene

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUra0yxt_m4&ab_channel=AndrewRyan

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 When I look back, I see the use of green screens or blank shots without the hooded figure could have made the editing process a lot easier.

I started off by masking Dylan for the portion of the clip that I wanted to use. This was just a simple mask that I could overlay the other footage.

Dylan also gives his cigarette to the hooded figure so I had to mask around the hand so there were two masks layered on top of each other. I manually masked around the hand with a few exceptions of using the automatic tracking feature and fixing it's mistakes.

 

For the background I had to mask both sides individually because the hooded figure was always on screen. So when he was on the right of the screen I masked the area and then used the frame hold feature to keep the video still so I could use it as a background for the masking.

I also made sure the files were named accordingly as to make sure I didn't get confused as to what was on each layer.

Once I had removed the hooded figure from the scene, I could then start adding the hooded figure back. 

To make the timeline less cluttered I nested the scene without the hooded character and used that as a base for editing him back in.

Then I added the in and out points that I wanted of the hooded figure. Small slips is all I needed, but I needed to mask each of them around the character. I also reduced the opacity of the layer to give a ghost-like effect. There wasn't much movement in this scene so masking around him was easy enough. 

Then to make a glitch effect, I cut out frames randomly so he kept coming in and out.

I then added two three more positions I had the hooded figure and did the same effects on them as well. I also added a fade out at the end to fit the lul in music as I intend this scene to be one, if not, the last scene in the video. It represents Dylan facing his fears and coming to terms with the dark side of his fears. Covid aside, offering the cigarette is a sign of truce, like they're now friends and can co. exist together.