Final Cut

I was really pleased with my film as working on the project alone had been a struggle and I feel I did a good job with making the trailer as it was to the best of my ability. It came out as I had hoped it would and have taken the feedback on board.

Editing the Film

I have uploaded screenshots to demonstrate how I have edited parts of my film. (Click images to enlarge and read annotations)

Channel Mixer


I inserted a channel mixer to give the impression that the film was in the dark. I decided to edit the footage to make it look dark after filming instead of originally filming in the dark because I discovered filming in the dark reduced the quality and it made it very difficult to see the footage properly. Filming in daylight also made it easier to direct my actors what to do.

Fading

I made each clip fade in and out of darkness to make the clips blend together and help the trailer flow easily. It also gives the impression that something bad is going to happen making it look effective and hopefully leaving the audience in suspense.

Time Stretch

I decided to speed up the time for when I have filmed a 360 degree turn round Sarah. I hope this creates the illusion that she is in trouble. I also did this as the filming is very uneven so speeding it up makes it look more deliberate and effective.

Split Clip

I decided that some parts of the footage were too long and some parts I did not want in it. For example, the first shot of Ellie hammering in the tent peg displayed vividly snow by the tent in the last few seconds so I split the clip to remove this bit. Similarly, in a shot of Sarah walking away from the camera in the last seconds she turns back to look at me filming her making it look unprofessional so I split the clip and removed this part. Because I then had gaps I dragged the clips together so it flowed properly.

Colour Balance

I wanted to edit the clip of Ellie waking up so that it looked darker and appears as if it is orginally filmed in darkness. This was harder to do than the other clips as it was very sunny the day I filmed it and editing it the same way as the previous clips left the clip in a funny colour.

Sharpen

I found that the camera quality wasnt very good so I edited it to try and make it look sharper. I did it in every clip and the difference between the two images on the left shows how effective the effect was.

Freeze Frame

I wanted the footage of Ellie to last longer because in my opinion it was too short. I also wanted a voiceover over the top of this image so needed to extend over the image of Ellie.

Unlinking audio from sound

Volume

Fourth Shoot

I filmed more for my trailer this afternoon and after editing what I had together, I had brought my film to 52 seconds. My trailer must be 1 minute long in total which I have met.

I filmed Ellie getting out the car filming the car wheel to her foot and filming up to her face. I was really pleased with this shot and it only needed one take.

I filmed Ellie and Sarah getting out of the car in the event that the shot of Ellie didn't work. I thought this shot went well overall but am not going to use it because the shot before went well and I can't have Ellie getting out the car twice.

I was pleased with this shot but will edit it to make it shorter and remove the first few seconds.

This shot went well. However I filmed the wheel for too long so will have to edit it to 'plit clip' and removed some of it.

The shot of Ellie opening her eyes and staring took a few takes as she kept laughing and her eyes were watering but I was still pleased as she did it for long enough so that it was decent footage and I can edit and cut off the bits where she has laughed at the end.

The first shot went wrong as Ellie began to laugh but the second came out well.

I took a video of my Dad walking past the tent as if he was the killer. I made him do it in two different directions to see what looked better.

Filming

I think my film is starting to come along, however it wouldn't make much sense to a viewer at the moment as I am missing clips so it is not at all finished. I have also only filmed Sarah and a little of Ellie at the beginning so need to get more filming in. I have not put any sound in yet either. However I have edited the film so that it looks as if it was filmed in the dark. I have made each clip fade in and out of darkness to give it more effect and make the audience think something exciting is going to happen. I slowed the speed down on the footage where Ellie is hammering the tent peg in and I have increased the speed where I have filmed a 360 degree turn around Sarah as I believed this would create suspense and create the illusion that she is vulnerable.

Third Shoot

This time when filming, I filmed in daylight to ensure the quality was a lot better and will be editing the film to make it look as if it was filmed at night time.

I did this shot more than once so that I could decide which shot was best.

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I wanted to have footage of Sarah acting shocked but the filming didnt come out very convincing and so I decided against using it.

The 360 degree turn of the woods didn't come out very well as in parts I was only getting the sky.

I did a 360 degree turn around my sister but where I couldn't use a tripod to keep the camera still and where the ground was uneven the footage came out very unsteady. I plan to speed the time up so it spins faster as it will bore the viewers watching turn to slowly. Hopefully it will reduce the bad filming quality aswell.

Second Shoot

I decided to re-shoot my filming as there is no longer snow and so it would look extremely odd to have part of the filming with snow on the ground and the rest without. Unfortunately this meant that filming at the same time as last time did not work as this time it was not as clear because the snow was not there to provide additional lighting. I also needed to do more filming as I had not managed to complete it on the previous filming session.

I attempted to re-shoot the 360 degree turn in the woods and moved a lot slower than before. However, the same problem as before occured in that it all started to blurr as I turned. I don't think I could move slower so I may have to abandon this camera shot all together. Additionally, it is too dark depsite the lighting I used.

I filmed from behind Sarah going into the woods and again, I feel it was a bit too dark and therefore reducing the final quality. I was pleased with the shot, however the footage needs to be improved.

I filmed a different angle of Sarah going into the woods (face on this time) however I jogged the camera at the end making it look like she had fallen down a step so I re-shot it.

I re-shot this footage but when I zoomed in on Sarah I missed her face as she walked past.

I filmed this shot for the third time and I feel it would have been a good shot if I had mastered the lighting correctly.

I fimed Sarah standing in the woods looking around her and appearing scared. I feel this shot could have gone a lot better.

I have attempted to edit these clips since filming to make them brighter but the quality is still very poor and it is hard to make out what is happening in the film so I have decided not to use these clips and instead to improve it by re-filming all the clips.

Next time I film I will do it in the day time when it is still daylight and will edit the footage by inserting a blue filter to make it look night time.

First Shoot

I filmed my soap opera in Joydens' Wood. I found that it was still snowy and icy which could be a problem when reshooting other parts if there is no snow. In the event of this, I will unfortunately have to reshoot the parts including snow. However, I am filming in the dark and discovered that the quality of film was better when there was snow as my characters could be seen clearer from the brightness of the snow. It acted as an additonal light.





It took me several attempts to get the 'hammering in the tent peg' scene right because I found it hard trying to make the filming smooth and not shakey. I soon mastered it and used a tripod to keep the camera still and more controlled. My actress was good however. If there is no more snow then I could avoid reshooting this particular clip and still include it in my trailer as the snow is not shown til the end of the footage so I could 'split' the clip and delete that bit.





I filmed a 360 degree shot of the wood which did not come out as clear as I had hoped because I had filmed it too fast so as a result it became blurry.



I also filmed Sarah disappearing into the woods. I felt this shot went well.


I also had a problem with the camera as when I thought it was recording it wasn't and when I thought I'd stopped it it was recording. This meant I had to re-film everything I had just done.