Focus Group - Fifth Draft

Watching our final piece they were very happy with how far we have come, the only thing that may need improvement was the title as the end.

Editing Update - Fifth and Final Draft

We had very little to edit for our final draft it was generally just little touch ups and quicker cut clips to make the whole thing flow better. 

We found that after this phase of editing we felt we were definitely finished and after showing the opening to our focus group they also confirmed that there was nothing that they felt we could improve. 

Overall I am extremely proud of how we worked as a group. Looking back at the whole editing process I feel that it was a lot harder than I was expecting ti to be however I have thoroughly enjoyed the journey and as well as being proud of my group as a whole I am hugely proud of myself and the excellent work I feel I have done. We have produced a very good piece of work that is of extremely high quality and I am very happy with what we have produced. 

Editing Update - Third and Forth Draft

Once again as the head editor Kirsty took lead role in the editing however we both worked very closely together as i always sat with her with her when she was editing, helping er figure out the editing software and deciding whether something she did had the right look and fitted with the conventions. 

Since the last draft we had added music and sound effects which we felt were very effective and made our product seen very professional and of a high quality, it also added to the suspense of the whole opening as the music builds up the tension (for example when they open the barn door the music goes very loud indicating/foreshadowing to the bad that will come).

We also colour corrected some of the scenes to make it look nicer as a whole. We made the opening flash-forward darker to allude to the coming terror and fear in the film. In addition we made the part when the two characters are outside more blue to make it seem even colder than it already did. Although these were only slight nearly unnoticeable differences I feel it was very effective.

We finally got round to adding the titles of the cast and crew as well as the logo so it was clear that it was our production. However we did hit a snag as we realised that out company logo was black on a black background so we made the decision to have a different one rather than re-edit our original one. 

I felt that although i was very disappointed that we couldn't use the logo that i had created (and was very proud of) we made the right decision and came up with a very interesting new way of presenting our production company name

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Personally I finally edited together the clip that I was yet to do and I felt that I was very effective. It gave another level of fear to the piece and made it even more scary.

I feel that we have nearly finished the editing of our product, however there are some small bits that need to be tweaked slightly.

Target Audience Feedback - Third Draft

After feedback from our third draft we found that we needed to colour correct certain clips, add sound effects, make the titles bolder and bigger, however they did feel that the effects on the antagonists voice was very effective. 

Mise-en-scene Elements in my Opening

Editing Update - Second Draft

During the second part of editing although Kirsty did most of it as head editor, I sat with her and gave her some guidance on what looked good, what we wanted and whether her ideas fitted with the film.

Edit from draft 1

Edit from draft 2

For the second draft we cut down the shots in the clips that were too long or moved parts of clips around to remove unwanted parts but keep small parts that we really liked.

We also added music to fit with our opening.

After the guidance to get rid of the hide and seek board

we went back to a previous idea about creating a stop-motion piece using the font we had previously scratched into the board (which it why the board was kept in so we could have future reference).

We still have to add the production roles, logos and our company name throughout the opening and colour correct specific scenes.

Personally I have yet to be able to film and edit together one clip (where there is a black screen saying 'Charlie and Ant phone call').

Target Audience Feedback - First Draft

After our target audience feedback we found that we needed to create quicker cuts, add music and sound effects, add titles and make the whole thing generally shorter.