Editing with new footage- Speed of shots

Some of my shots needing slowing down and speeding up either because they were too long, too slow, too fast, or too short.

I could easily change the speed in the 'motions' tab and all I had to do was change the percentage of speed. I had to mess around with a bit too see what worked the best. 

I wanted to alter the speeds as creating slow motion can be effective for drama, I feel it allows time for the audience to contemplate what's going on and prepares them for the next dramatic shot. I also sped up the shots of the setting shots, like the estate and the water as I wanted to keep that dramatic mood going but let the audience still see that this was the setting.

Editing with new footage- Sound Effects

To make it clear that it's the police and crime is part of my genre, I  added a siren sound effect and a person running sound effect I found online

I had to convert the files to WAV then drag them into my sequence, I could also change the decibels so the volume was not too loud or too quiet and so they seemed more realistic.

Editing with new footage- Earthquake effect

Now I have my new footage I'm going to insert it into my sequence and edit it. Here's some of the process:

Earthquake  is part of the distorting effects, the reason I wanted to use a distorted effect was too make my sequence more interesting as well as allowing it to fit with my genre. The effect made my POV shots more shakey to add a dramatic effect. Here's an example.

New Footage- Thumbnails

Here are the thumbnails from my new footage

In my new footage I have filmed my actor running around the estate and eventually stopping at the river to show she's running away from something or someone. I also have some shots of the setting and someone smoking, to create a negative representation. I will insert this new footage into Final Cut Pro, creating a sequence that's going to look completely different but better.

Re-Shoot

For my last re-shoot I went back to Thamesmead to film more of my character and the setting. This time I filmed some continuity to create more of a narrative and an enigma, this was of my actor running around the estate as if she's running from something(the police, a threat). This clips link more to my narrative as they are representing some sort of trouble and crime

This is what they wore

The outfit is casual and lazy, representing the character as rough. 

A shot of me filming the setting 

Changing Font

When reviewing my font, it seemed as if it suited more a of a horror theme than a British Drama, so I went back to look at my other choices of font and chose this one. It's quite simple but some letters are slightly distorted to add to the grittiness of my sequence.

Editing Steps

First- First of all I had to cut down the clips as some of them are too long and have irrelevant parts

This is the toolbar which I used, the tool with the slicer is the one I used to crop the clips.

Once the clips were put together, I needed to put a title in to my initial clip, on the left shows how I edited the text and chose my font and on the right you can see how I could move the font to where I wanted it to be. What I also did was change the opacity of the text so the opacity would become lower as the clip went on. I also added text between each shot for the credits, using the same method.

I then wanted to add effects so I used the 'bad film' one to create a dull colour and some flickr, adding to the grittiness of my film.

I also wanted the text to fade, so I had to manually move this line so the opacity would gradually get lower.

Initial Editing/ Adapting to software

Now I have my clips I am going to begin editing on Final Cut Pro. Final Cut Pro is a a video editing software that allows me to put my clips together, add text, change motion etc. It's not to difficult to use but is good for complexity.

This is what it looks like, as you can see there is a timeline at the bottom where the clips positions and length are controlled. The left screen allows editing for individual clips and text and the right screen previews the clips.

Once I converted my clips so they could work with the program, I put them into a sequence so I could drag them to the sequence and but them in order.

This is what the clip looks like when inserted into the sequence, the top bit is the clip and the bottom parts the sound, which can be deleted.

Editing- Order of credits

When adding my credits, I have to ensure the order is correct and I'm placing all the needed credits in. This is the order:

1. Studio Logo
2. 'Production company presents...'
3. Film title
4. Actors/actresses names (main characters only)
5. Any of these:
6. casting 

• production designer
• costume
• make-up
• special effects
• music
• sound editor

1. Editor
2. Director of Photography
3. Executive Producer(s)
4. Producer(s)
5. Writer(s)
6. Director