TAST SEVENTEEN: The Editing Process
The Editing Process
Throughout editing our opening sequence we took screenshots of what we did in Final Cut Pro to achieve what we have now. We used different tools to make our opening sequence more effective.
In the screenshot above you can see that in our first scene of Kate (Milly) there are various cut outs - these are the black gaps you can see throughout the clip. This was essential in our opening sequence because as the screen changes back and forth, we have music to accompany it.
Here you can see the sound that we have added in the sound of a heart beat. We wanted to have this playing throughout this first scene so that the audience could sense that something bad is happening and it gives them more of an idea of how the character is feeling at this moment.
Here we needed the sound to slowly fade as the scene was coming to an end. We did this by clicking the sound and dragging it backwards. After this we changed the sound fade shape. We did this by control-clicking the fade, and choosing a fade option form the shortcut menu. We used -3dB because we felt that it was the one that fittest most with the scene.
In
this screen grab there are tonal contracts from the added filter that was found
under ‘Effects’. The effect we used throughout our opening sequence was Luna and
Cool Tones. In some cases we used Luna and Cool Tones together to create the
right colouring. The effects can be placed onto the video by simply being
dragged onto the chosen clip where the filter is needed.
Here we needed to show the audience that there was a
jump in time. We did this by adding a transition in the video to show the audience that
the next scene is not related to the previous one. To ensure the audience that they completely
understand the time difference we added in text (2 YEARS LATER), this effect was
found under ‘Titles’, ‘Build in/Out’ and the effect is called ‘Typewriter’ Not only does the typewriter effect nicely show the time jump but also gives
our opening sequence more of a professional feel.
Like any intense opening sequence we needed to add a range of music throughout, we found a variety of music on youtube after a lot of hard hunting that would fit into our opening sequence. We downloaded the music through youtube converter and then, after the audio came up in iTunes we simply dragged it music to where it was needed. We was able to fade the music, shortern it and change the volume buy adjusting the settings.
For the texts that come up on the screen in the scenes where Claire (Rosie) is using her phone, we used After Effects. We followed the instructions that came with the download package for the messaging template. After we made this we opened the template up in Final Cut Pro and added it to our opening sequence.
At the end of our clip we wanted Claire's (Rosie) scream to carry on after the screen had gone black. So we copied a section of the audio of her scream and added it back in again.
We did a similar thing earlier on in the opening sequence where we fit the dialogue of Claire (Rosie) saying "Kate" and we fit it back into where he mouth is moving.
Once most of our editing was complete we went threw our opening sequence we added a variety of jump cuts. These cuts fitted in well in our sequence as it added tension and suits the genre not only this but it added more visuals.
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