Thriller editing

Editing

 

We decided to make a schedule of when people were able to edit as this allowed us all to individually edit the footage and add any effects etc that we thought would look good and were therefore constantly improving each others work, and all had input. This also allowed us to meet the deadline as it was a speedier process.

 

We started the editing process by uploading all of the footage and shots from filming onto the program in the correct order. We then cropped the necessary shots to the correct length and played it as a whole to see if it needed further editing. We all had different opinions on the order of the shots such as I edited more footsteps nearer the end by using a previous handheld point of view shot of the footsteps on the bark and imported it a second time towards the end as it made the plot easier to understand. As we all had different opinions, the order of the shots got changed during the schedule for editing, but we all came to an agreement and stuck to it.

 

After all of the shots were in the correct order, we were able to see the areas which needed further editing. In comparison to the draft, there were little shots that required a transition as we planned our filming more wisely this time and managed to make the shots link together smoothly.

We decided to fade into the first shot of the footage as this would enter after a small title and would therefore link together better and also introduces the scene better as the lighting improves suggesting the reality of the plot.

 

 

In a couple of areas we needed to add the cross dissolve transition as without them the scene appeared to be jumpy and would make it harder for the audience to understand the plot, therefore we linked the shots together with this transition.

The other transition that we added in was at the end of the footage as we thought that it would look good if the shot wiped out to reveal the titles. This was the most difficult transition to apply as it wasn't as simple as dragging the transition across to the timeline and I had to look at tutorials to find out the correct way of applying it. I then managed to add it to the footage successfully, completing the editing for the visual aspects of the sequence.

 

The timeline at the end of all of our editing on the sequence