Editting - 21st March

Today we editted for a further hour on our horror opening. In this hour, we experimented with the titles which will appear in our opening, and discussed a filming company name. We discussed already made names such as "Twisted Pictures", "WARP Films" and "Warner Brothers", and we are still yet to come to a decision. We decided we would have the titles over the top of images rather than seperate to the footage as we believe this looks better and more professional. We looked for suitable places to insert the titles, such as empty, blank spaces in the shots (for example in the establishing shot, the bottom of the shot is black when it reaches the house). However, the editting itself has not changed much since the 15th.

Editting - 15th March

Today we spent a further two hours editting a rough cut of our footage. We finished with all of the shots we wanted in the order we need; matching our storyboard. This means that next time we edit, we can make sure everything is accurate and add/take out parts as necessary. We diverted slightly from our storyboard as we had a new idea which we wanted to try. We put several quick shots of the figure in at random spaces in the opening so that it would recur unexpectedly to the viewer. We thought this would add tension and show the audience that the figure is a key part to the movie. As a group we also experimented with the title "Inbox(1)" appearing at the end, using a typewriter effect; to give the effect that someone is typing the title, which links to our film.

Editting - 14th March

Today, we editted more of our footage together for a further hour. We discussed what slide transition to enter when our flashback occurs. This was because we wanted to make it clear to the audience that it goes back in time. As a group, we decided on a "fade in fade out dissolve". This faded out the blur of the extreme close up of the eye into black, and faded in again on the new shot (the flashback). We then decided to have cross cutting shots, alternating between the figure walking towards the outside front window, and Claire and Emma on facebook inside the house. We thought this added tension to the film as the audience can see the figure approaching, whereas the characters cannot. However, we came across a slight problem with this piece of footage. At the end of the piece, there was a slightly jolting zoom, which looked unprofessional. To overcome this, we created three freeze frames that worked just as well as a zoom, and accompanied with the right soundtrack, will add to the tense feel to suit the horror genre.

Starting to Edit

As a group, we have had our first editting session using the Final Cut software. Although we only did this for about 20 minutes, we feel as though this has set us up for the rest of the opening as we now have a more clear idea on what we want to produce. We started our opening with an establishing shot, which tilts down to reveal the house. We discussed and came to the decision that as our opening starts in the present, then goes to a flashback, we needed a way of portraying this to the viewer. One of our shots had an ending which blurred out. We discussed using this and thought it would be effective when put together with sound and transitions. We are prepared for the next time we are going to edit our footage together, as we now have the first few shots together which set up the rest of the opening.