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The Final Edit
Although there have been many improvements from the first edit, there are still some aspects which could have been improved; The lighting could have been darker, the facial expressions and body language of the actors could have reflected the emotions of the characters with more emphasis and the editing could have had a few slight tweaks to improve the flow of the scene – I’m still pleased with the final result. For the most part, the editing was continuous and 3 out of the four continuity methods were used. I believe the audio really enhanced the film and brought it to life, providing a lot of dramatic effect to really grab the audience’s attention and immerse them in the scene.
Obviously, there were still the problems regarding the fishing line and the camera casting a shadow on the door however, despite this, the filming inside the house felt more well done than the shots outside but I think it was always evident that the film was of a horror genre.
Here is are examples of my continuity methods:
Match-on-action
The 180 degree rule + Shot/reverse shot
Final Editing Pt. 4
The final editing session for this opening sequence filled me with such a sense of relief. I finished the whole sequence, the sound effects and audio was synchronised properly, I reduced the 2:20 duration so that it so not far off from the 2 minute target. There was very little to do so I was able to take my time to do it.
I applied quite a number of sound effects to make the death of the protagonist seem slightly realistic considering there was a lack of blood. To insinuate what happened, I used a scream followed by ‘neck breaking’ and ‘chest cracking open’ to clarify what had happened. Obviously, I could not physically depict that so I placed the sound effects during the title shot to signify the climax of the sequence – or so the audience thinks.
Following this, added the shot of his limp corpse, sitting propped up against the door for a few moments before the antagonist rises from the bottom of the screen in an attempt to startle the audience further. I found a perfect sound effect (below) which really helps to build tension in that scene followed by a violent scream.
Final Editing Pt. 3
Fortunately, I was able to rectify my previous issue regarding the viewfinder simply by removing the clip, deleting it from the computer and then getting it back off of my memory stick and re-importing it and as a result, I was able to stick to the initial plans without having to worry any further about the viewfinder.
I also managed to find a good balance of lighting and contrast to darken each shot to the same levels during my previous session and so was able to prevent the lights inside being too bright hence retaining an eerie atmosphere. In this editing session, I went ahead and applied these filters and effects to all of the appropriate shots and so finishing all of the visuals of the opening sequence.
My next focus, having completed the visuals, was obviously to complete the audio. I watched and listened to the whole sequence and noticed that there were quite a few continuity issues regarding the audio; during the titles there were definite silences and during the footage, there was noise. Not ordinary noise, no one had necessarily been talking nor was there anything necessarily happening to produce noise, however it was not silent. So, to fill these voids of silence between titles, I looped whatever little background noise there was and extended the noise throughout the whole sequence thus solving a majority of the issues regarding audio continuity.
So far, my best editing session – the final production was really beginning to come together.
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