Editing: Session 1

Unfortunately, when we began to edit,  we were unable to complete all editing due to lack of footage as it was on a different device and so we had to leave appropriate spaces where we would place the missing scenes in. In order to began the editing, we imported the production and distribution clips to make the opening sequence appear professional and reflect typical connotations of popular action films, in order to do this we had to send copyright emails off to the companies to ask for permission however this was done at a later time.

Due to illness there was only Jess and I out of the group who was able to edit within the first session as Ashleigh was absent and so only mine and Jess’ opinions when editing were taken into account. Between the transaction from the titles and the beginning of footage, the film lacked profession as there was just silence going into silence, and so I decided to choose a fitting dramatic soundtrack to import to begin the film. The use of the non-diegetic sound allowed the production to run more smoothly within the transaction allowing it to blend and become more professional looking/sounding.

Once the opening titles were done, we ran through the whole production, ensuring that all clips were in the correct spaces, we then began cropping them down to the right size and changing some of the sounds used using the fading in and out tool available on final cut pro as sometimes you could hear ruffles or background noises from the footage, by cropping out we were also able to  distinguish which footage was more suitable and the best to use as we had multiple shots when re-filming certain scenes however this was sometimes seen as challenging due to not being able to crop it down to the right size as it would sometimes be too small. Through using match on action, we edited some clips involving Jess running, by cropping some sections out it made her appear as though she was running a further faster distance, allowing the audience to gain hype and enigma as the chase has began.

The next part we did, involved Ashleigh’s news scene, we  ran through the footage and thought that it had no real flow, or any recognition that she was on the news other than her dialogue, and we decided to use BBC news introduction as well as news music played within the background as this made it appear more realistic and therefore professional.