Post Production

Feedback from first edit 

WWW:

• Some really nicely composed shots and good use of lighting then they enter the house. Too many walking shots at start? (25 secs before phone call. Some shots seem to serve a purpose – like the one behind the tree suggesting they're being watched – but others just seem like filler.)

EBI:

• Shot of Elliott answering phone goes on for 15 seconds and is spoilt by wind noise towards the end. Clearly too long and there's no scene dissection – e.g. cut always to close ups of Toby and Keivan faces reacting.

• Very awkward dissolve between end of shot of Elliott on phone and next shot – maybe done to get over continuity error of Elliott not putting phone away?

• Sound of TV white noise is drowning out everything else. Was this recorded separately? Can't hear dialogue clearly.

•  High angle shot of boys in room runs on for about 15 seconds. Too long for nothing to happen.

•  Shot of Elliott getting his phone out a 2nd time doesn't match the previous shot. (Jump cut)

•  Close up of phone goes on for 12 seconds. Too long. Also, do we really want 'What the f**k' in the film?

•  Shots of Elliott leaving the room and coming back in make it seem like he's out of the room for about a quarter of a second. Dialogue here is unclear.

•  Final shots seem a bit 'Blair Witch' with wobbly POV but not sure whose.

•  I know there are no marks for acting, but there's no emotion or reaction from anyone. Also dialogue doesn't seem like it's been thought about.

Editing

Day 1

Firstly, I imported all of the shots from the camera onto the hardware which was then transferred to the editing software. The first thing to do was try and put the shots in order to allow us to be a lot more organised which inevitably makes the editing process a lot more efficient. The editing timelines shown below are different to the first edit shown above, this is because we decided to evaluate the feedback given to us and examine our film in closer detail in order to identify the problems and see how we could solve it, eventually the group and I decided on a re-film. 

Day 2 

After organising, we cut and trimmed the shots before placing them on the timeline. The aim was to be able to achieve a level of finesse and elegance within the continuation of shots. This goal was achieved with ease as everyone in our group was familiar with the application software from last year, this is evident in our final edit as the match on actions and transitions are refined and smooth.  

Day 3 

Then, we began to add titles in and the names of our characters. This was essential in order to present the roles within the group and also to break up long unnecessary scenes, we chose a simplistic font and the colour white as it compared to real life thriller openings a lot more than the typical red's. 

Day 4 

Lastly, to add emphasis onto the enigmatic thriller genre we searched for and implemented different non diegetic soundtracks or incidental sounds. Obviously, this was done in order to amplify the connotation of the thriller theme, the soundtrack defined an enigmatic theme whilst also enhancing the Thriller genre within our film opening.