The document discusses the filming and editing process for a student film project. It describes how the students filmed scenes from different angles to determine the most effective shot. Issues with sound interference and lighting during filming were addressed. For editing, the students used Final Cut Pro to organize scenes in order, add transitions, and include non-diegetic sounds. Experimental techniques like silent footage, color palettes, unsettling noise, and slow motion were used to enhance meaning and create impact.

1. FILMING AND EDITING

2. FILMING
We first filmed one of the last scenes, the
one in which Katherine (Han-sun)
approaches Michael after the six month
period, signifying the time that she
became addicted.
We had two cameras, and experimented
the scene in several different angles to
see which would be the most effective.
As this was our first time shooting, we
didn’t try anything challenging – unlike
later, after we learned the basics of
filming, that we tried some things
different. For example, the handheld
running scene at the end was after we
had several experimentations with filming.
Some issues filming outside were the
sound; the background noises were too
loud or didn’t fit too well with the scene,
although we worked around this by
including voice overs in our scenes.

3. Some of the scenes that
we filmed inside were
difficult, this is because
the lighting sometimes
interfered with our
filming. Furthermore,
the same problem with
filming outside
interfered our filming,
because we were
filming during school
time and the
microphone picked up
noise from other
classrooms.

4. EDITING
 To edit our scenes, we used Final Cut Pro. First,
after filming our scenes, we cut the scenes and put
them together in the right order. We worked on
tightening the scenes together, and adding
transitions in between. For several of the scenes,
we had to edit non-diegetic sounds as they either
had background music or a voice-over.

5. Having got the basic structure and sound, we
then used Final Cut to edit the footage. We
started to try some more experimental ways
of getting our meaning across. One way we
did this was in the beginning, we had the
idea of having silent footage interspersed
with audio in the text scenes, we thought that
would be a powerful and intriguing start to
our film. We also experimented with the
colour palette; at the beginning, to add to the
effective start, we used a black and white
palette.
Furthermore, we experimented the ending
and wanted an effective scene, so we
thought that the running scene would create
an impact if we included the unsettling noise
of the wind, so we carried this noise
throughout the scene until it zoomed out.
Last of all, we edited the last scene to create
a poignant ending by editing the scene into
slow motion, along with the song ‘We’re All a
Bit Scared’ that plays through the credits.