Editing 1

 

First half of editing week!!

As we were filming, the conditions were awful so we didn't get a chance to watch any of the clips back - so the first day of editing was watching through the footage we recorded - and naming all of these so it was easier to organise and would make the editing process quicker and more efficient. We carefully selected and deleted the clips that we didn't feel were good enough for our sequence. Going through our footage was a positive and reassuring experience knowing that we had more than enough clips to put together a good sequence - however near the ending we could have added some more shots before and after the massacre clip. 

When we had organised all the footage into the right order we used some techniques we learnt in the editing workshop such as blending the sound together to make it sound more natural, using popcorn editing and we started to think about how we could use sound effects to emphasise and tune in on the horror aspect of our sequence. Popcorn editing was especially helpful for us, as we could effectively put together different shots to blend together - so the audience can see both the characters point of view and also what was going on in the sequence. We realised the establishing shots we took at the beginning were very useful to add titles over - which is what we did next. 

All 4 of our group members were here for the first 2 days of editing, however due to various trips and illness we didn't all get to work together after this - although we found our way around this as we had all taken part in the editing workshop so even though Olly (lead editor) was absent the rest of us could still continue editing. 

Most of the changed we made to the original idea were made in the actual filming of the sequence, so this didn't change much in the editing, although we were still unclear about what the villain was portrayed as (whether it was a satanic cult or a supernatural monster) but
because of the symbols and props within the sequence we found it was easier to base it on the satanic cult. 

Some of the choices we made earlier on was to make it more of a title opening sequence, as we had a lot of establishing shots that we thought worked really well with the theme so we added more titles than we were expecting, this included actors/ director/ music producer ect. We were able to use this to our advantage as the location we were shooting at, combined with the foggy and rainy weather made a very gloomy effect, allowing us to set the scene well. Another choice we made while filming and editing was to play more into the dog aspect - the original idea was just to have the dog to give the character an excuse to be walking through the woods but we realised if we played more into it, then it would be able to act as a catalyst for the actor to find the massacre scene. In post production, we added sound effect to make it seem like the dog had been hurt/ killed so we could speed up the pace of the sequence.