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 Title Sequence

For my re-shoot I'm going to change the narrative so there is some continuity. So, I am going to change the actor as someone who more fits the role and is more open to what I want done.

When I re-shoot, I will film clips of my person running around the estate to show that they are running from someone(the police?) which will create an enigma and make my title sequence more effective. I will use various camera movements(POV, handheld, pan and zoom) to ensure my sequence is visually interesting and that they link with the narrative.

Changing my title

The title of my film started as Nasty Nasty, but I changed this to Declension as it fitted more with the narrative of my film. However, since looking at the film on the title sequence I feel it's not the right kind of word for a British Drama, it seems it would fit more of a horror film. So, I have finally decided on SOUTH-EAST DESCENT as my title, the reason is it's set in the South-East and so fits with context and descent means moving downwards, dropping or falling. The storyline involves the main character dropping in terms of social class and also becoming involved with drugs and crime.