Editing: Adding Black Bars

During the editing process of our first draft, we found that our film looked slightly amature. We therefore researched different methods we could use, that would give our project a more professional look. One of the techniques we found most appealing was the addition of black bars to each clip. This reduced the width of the clip and thus provided a more cinematic look.

We used Premiere Pro to achieve this. We created two new layers that would overlap a segment of the top and bottom of the clip and therefore make it appear more cinematic. Below is an example of a clip before and after the addition of black bars.