LO3 - Evidence of editing

This footage shows the group creating an offline edit together, in which we focused on developing the basis of the narrative and making a few cuts in order to create a star persona for each of the characters by showing them as a group as well as close ups of them by themselves. Seeing as this is the first time we rematched some of the footage, we also spent a lot of our time getting rid of unnecessary clips which would not make the final cut.

Here is evidence of us editing and lining up the audio and visuals to create continuity within the scenes, as well as of us nesting clips as we often worked without a tripod in order to denote instability and reflect both the current vulnerability and fear the characters are experiencing.





In this edit I ensured the narrative was in order and added in extra scenes that were not previously there. Once the majority of the clips had been imported, I started stabilising the shots and making more cuts so it appeared more professional and had a better pace- particularly towards the end as I tried to create quicker cuts to build tension. I also had to unlink the sound clips whilst editing in order to overlay different clips and create continuity.
The actual end scene itself ended up working out relatively well, but its a shame some of the shots are blurry; particularly that of Dwayne exiting the tent, although I feel this adds to the character's doubt and makes it more unclear who the mysterious figure is.

As aforementioned, the final scene is where the most cuts are in order to build tension and create more intrigue as to what is happening.





During this edit we took a look at what we'd already done and attempted to finalise a lot of it, as well as add in extra footage we hadn't yet used. Ellis worked on including the rest of the titles for the film, and using some of the atmospheric shots we got as a background.
In our final edit, we will need to include the necessary music and sound effects to create total verisimilitude in our work.

These are the finalised titles of the early part of our short film that Ellis created.





In this recording I added the final clips necessary to create full continuity and added in extra cuts to create more of a shot reverse shot structure.





In this video I worked on adding in sound effects and music in order to create verisimilitude in our short film. Sound is the final thing I need to sort out- as well as scene transitions- as it is one of the most pivotal parts of creating a believable diegesis. I also added Woodland SFX in alongside eerie music as it heavily enforces the horror genre.