Editing 14/02

In this editing session, my group managed to edit the first 40 seconds of our opening to how we wanted it. This was the first proper piece of editing we had done since filming parts of our opening. I believe it helped us majorly, in pushin on with our project. This is because it ment we has the first bits of our film layed down so we could progress further. Also, having this done ment we could show it to our teacher which he could then evaluate for us to give us advice on how to improve it to aid are marks. The first thing we done in the editing task was to put the appropriate titles over our film at the correct time which we managed, although we still haven't decided wether to change the font or not. One difficulty we faced was changing the colouring which we wanted to be black and white for our flashbacks. This was proving tough trying to set the colouring, as it made it look graphic, decreasing the verisimilitude. However, we over came this when we found a black and white feature in Premiere which changed the colour to black and white automatically. Another aspect which we thought may make the editing stage hard was the amount of shots we had to choose from. In our second filming session, we included many different shots so we couild choose the best one which we believe may be hard to lay down on Premiere as we would need to look at all the different ones and choose what works best once edited. However, this actually worked to our advantage becuase we had plenty of shots to work with. Therefore we learnt from this editing session that the more increasing number of shots you have makes it easier in the post-production stage when editing as you have more choice.

Furthermore, when editing we changed an idea we initially thought we would use for our film. We decided to go against using the pan  and tracking over the dead bodies to begin our film. Instead, our group decided to begin with the flash back scene and then use the 'dip to black' tool to fade into the dead bodies after the flashback. This means that the film will be more engaging from the start, as this scene is high action, so the audience;s attention is captured straight away.

Aspects to consider for next time:

Our group need to decide what font we would like for the titles. This is because the font we have at the moment does not look very good and was only picked quickly, so we could progress with the rest. Having a good, appropriate font that fits the conventions of a thriller will make the finished production look more professional.