Preliminary task editing analysis and reflection

Editing our video

After we had completed the filming of our preliminary task we had to add together all of the clips to achieve all of the objectives (the shot reverse shot, match on action and 180 degree rule).We began by importing all of the media from the IPad’s on to the mac book pro even though we had some issues we finally got the video clips into the libraries of the mac and we could then import them into a new project on final cut pro. Once the media is in the new event it can be dragged to the timeline where the clips can be edited and cut. We put the clips in the correct order on the timeline and then got to work on the editing.

The editing process was essential as we could see what parts of the filming didn’t flow correctly and these could be cropped out or changed to make the media as a whole a lot more professional. As I have used final cut pro before as part of my GCSE media studies course I knew how to blade and crop the clips to the exact length we needed them.  Some of our filming couldn’t be used as we had people in the background of one of our clips and some others didn’t look professional therefore we cut these out and continued with the clips we had, luckily we had filmed more than we needed to make sure we had met the guidelines of the preliminary task therefore removing these clips didn’t hinder the quality of our clip. After watching it through and agreeing that the clips flowed and matched up we then had to decide what effects and transitions we were going to add the clips. We decided that a black and white filter would be effective to our clip as we our researching and completing our final opening film sequence on the horror genre so it will give us some ideas of how it will set the scene and connote horror. After adding the filters we had to add music to achieve the desired dramatic effect. We looked at the sound that was available on final cut pro however none of them were what we really wanted to we researched what sound was available online. A website called soundbible is where we got our sound from as it had many soundtracks that relate to our chosen genre horror: with high pitch and low pitch progressive sound. We added a faded effect to the sound so it linked to the clips on screen. For example we made the volume of the background sound lower so the viewers can focus on the dialogue.

Reflection

Here is an example of where we used match-on-action in our pre-liminary task.It was useful to understand how to do this professionally as it will be useful in our opening scene production. Match-on-action cuts are parts of the filming that are not useful or effective and just shows the action occuring in the scene. This was useful to understand and learn as we can apply it to our opening scene especially when the main character is moving around the setting of the house.

Here is an example of shot-reverse shot and 180 degree shot from our preliminary task. It is important to filming so the audience do not get confused of the setting and can see the dialogue from two different points of view. We will use this in our opening scene to show the character's reactions to the events that unfold.