Process of Editing

When seeing our clips for the first time we found that we had recorded the correct amount of footage in order to successfully portray our storyline without giving too much away. Due to working in pairs it meant having to split the editing equally between us. Therefore, I did one half of editing and my partner did the other. We would discuss the things we needed to change with one another's editing in order to make it fair and as good as possible. Final cut express was a simple and easy to use program, which successfully edited our film to the best of our ability. We were able to add audio tracks, titles and transitions in order to increase our films professionalism. The clips were easy to locate as they were always kept on screen meaning they were simply dragged and dropped onto the timeline.

Deciding on a title was one of the most difficult challenges whilst editing as it meant using a font, colour and effect in order to illustrate the theme effectively. It was hard to not make the title look childish, as this would decrease the effectiveness of the opening. We would have liked to have had a better title, as it would then allow us to be more confident with the film.

When adding our audio we originally chose a rather cheesy, pop group girly track however when it was playing whilst the male antagonist was on screen it didn’t fit well. Therefore we decided upon a sinister yet upbeat track which fit with the genre more so than the girly accompaniment. We made sure that the clips and titles corresponded to the music for example when there was a beat we would ensure the female blinked on this beat to show the strong correlation between these. We also added in cross fades to the audio allowing parts of the diegetic sounds to be heard, e.g- the door opening towards the end. 

Finally we received feedback from our teacher and she told us to remove the cross fades on the audio when the titles come on screen as there was no purpose for sound to increase and decrease. She also said not to worry about the title as it did fit with our theme and genre. We were also complimented on the way the female was shown as vulnerable and young in comparison to the male antagonist.