Film and editing updates.

1. Film and Editing
updates.
Harriet Bibby.

2. Music and sound.
We used Movie Studio Platinum to overlay our
foley sound onto the video. We had to chose the
section of video and music that we wanted, cut
them to the right time and set them both together.
We could then choose to fade them in and out as
we chose. For our non-diegetic music, we chose to
use two un-copyrighted songs from an online
website. However, to create the diegetic sound, e.g.
the dragging of the body, the footsteps and the
digging, we had to re-record the sound on a voice
recorder and match this to the movements on
screen. When using the foley sound for the first
time, we discovered that the sound didn’t quite
match up to the movement on screen, therefore,
we had to re-record the sound after reviewing the
pace and heaviness of the movement.

3. Picking/Overlaying the song
for the headphone scene.
Again we used Movie studio platinum,
deciding which piece of action/scene we
wished this particular piece of music to play
over and cut and fit this to match the
movement on screen. This went fairly
smoothly as the website allows you to match
the timing up quickly and easily.

4. Title.
We used Photoshop to create the title itself.
This was fairy simple, however, I found the
software reasonably difficult to use as once you
had done something, you couldn’t go back. I
found this frustrating, however, after practice I
managed to understand the software better and
how to do different things with it.
We later edited the title onto our opening using
Movie Studio Platinum and added a fuzzing TV
static to the background. This was fairly simple
to do and I was very happy with the result.

5. Studio Logo.
To create our studio logo we used the same
software that we had to create our title. After
getting to grips with Photoshop when
producing our title, it became very quick and
simple for our group to use making the
production of the logo extremely enjoyable.
However, I found the text was difficult to place
the way that I had imagined it and it took time
and patience to place it in the right spot.
We then, again, used Movie Studio Platinum to
add the studio logo to our opening.

6. Credits.
We faced many problems in the making of our
credits. We made them using Photoshop which was
relatively simple, however, as we didn’t save the
titles as the correct file type, we could then not
access and change them after they had been
changed. This meant that we had to re-construct
the titles. However, during the second attempt we
couldn’t find the right font that we had previously
used – only a similar one, which meant that we had
to sacrifice our first choice. After they had been
produced (for a second time!) we attempted to lay
them over the top of our video using Movie Studio
Platinum, however, we discovered that not only did
the font colour have to be changed as they were too
dark to be seen, but the pace that they appeared and
the places that they appeared also had to be
changed. Although we faced many problems with
these credits, I believe they are effective and fit with
the tone and genre of the film.

7. Video.
We used Movie Studio Platinum to construct
our final film. We ha to think about match on,
continuity, the 180 degree rule etc. the biggest
problem that I believe we faced when editing
our film was continuity and match on. At some
point where we believed we were coming to the
end of editing our film, we would discover that
something didn’t quite match the last shot. This
was extremely disheartening, however, we cut
each section right down and reviewed and
reviewed our work in order to make sure each
shot matched the lat.

8. Filming.
Here are a few pictures of us during the
filming. We met on Sunday 30th November and
the following Sunday to ensure all of our
filming was complete. Overall, the filming went
smoothly and as planned as we faced no major
problems. However, the biggest issue that id
occur was the temperature. It was extremely
cold both days of our filming, which meant
that we had to wrap up until we were in a scene
– this was slightly awkward as we had to keep
taking off and putting on layers. However, the
weather didn’t effect any of the shots and the
faint fog actually enhanced the depth and the
uneasy atmosphere of the piece.