This document summarizes the editing process for a documentary about the color red. It describes how the editors added cutaways, archive footage, graphics, and refilmed/edited interviews to provide context and visual aids for the information being discussed. They aimed to follow conventions of documentaries by removing questions from interviews and linking different parts together. The editors also worked to keep the audience engaged by adding entertaining elements and ensuring the narrative was clear.

1. In this screenshot we added archive to convey the Russian use of red as it
usually portrays happiness which is told to us by Jacy in the interview. We
then added it over where she says this giving a visual aid to the information.

2. In this screenshot we are adding
the graphics to the interview
which is a code and convention
of interviews. This tells the
audience who the interviewee is
and what they do.
Before the interview we decided
to use this clip of zooming into a
camera to introduce the
photographer with a voiceover
over the top as this is relevant to
what she will be talking about
which is red in photography.

3. We then added our third
interview which would
also be edited so that the
questions would be edited
out which follows the
codes and conventions of
interviews.

4. We added our first
cutaway for the
photographer as she
talks about red
standing out in a
lipstick and so we
decided to film a
panning shot of the
different shades of red
lipstick.
For this screenshot we cut
the answers separately so
that we could gatekeep the
information, creating the
narrative we wanted to
convey.

5. We added further
cutaways to the
photographer giving
evidence of what she was
talking about giving the
audience visual aids and
they will be able to
understand further of
what she is talking about.
This makes the
documentary easy to
understand and the
audience will be able to
remain active.

6. This is a cutaway that we added to the Artist’s interview that
conveys the bodily and fleshy connotations of red that he talks
about. This talks about the gruesome connotations of red which
differs from other information given about the positive and bold
connotations of red.

7. In these screenshots we
have edited and re-filmed
some of the footage for the
title sequence this is to focus
on the colour red, for
example, the top screenshot
shows that we are resizing
the frame to ensure that the
background is edited out
and the only focus is red. As
well as the traffic light, only
zooming in on the red light.

8. We added further cutaways to the Artist’s interview as we found this to
be the most informed part of the documentary and it seemed to take a
larger portion than the other interviews and so we had to go out and
film a lot of cutaways to relate to what he was saying as well as
entertaining the audience so that they do not channel surf.

9. In this screenshot we decided that to introduce the artist we
wanted to show us walking through the gallery and this included
the clip of the word ‘Gallery’. This lets the audience know what
the next interview/topic will entail for the documentary.

10. For this screenshot we
added an exponential fade
to the music as this will
allow the vox pops to take
over and will not interfere
with the sound as well as
not being cut abruptly.
Talking about art in
war, red was used to
show an internal
suffering as well as
blood and gore. This
artwork from World
War 2 fit perfectly for
this information
anchoring the
interview.

11. In this screenshot we
have edited both of the
photography and
costume designer
interviews and are now
adding them together to
link, cutaways and
further editing will be
used so that they flow
smoothly together.

12. This is the fourth interview that would be in our documentary and it
was with a young, self employed Make-up Artist. She talks about the
connotations of red in makeup as well as in film. We made sure that
the mise-en-scene was appropriate for this interview as well as
following the rule of thirds like the others. We edited out the
questions and cut the answers to gatekeep the information.

13. Cutaways of makeup and
red makeup were added as
evidence and visual aids as
well as keeping the
audience interested. Also,
the cutaways were useful
when there were jump
cuts in the interviews as
they were played over
them making the
conversation flow smootly.

14. After playing the title sequence
each time we watched the
documentary, we found that the
music didn’t feel right and fit
correctly and so we found ‘Red
Right Hand’ by the Arctic
Monkeys which was fast paced
and gave entertainment and fun
to the documentary.
We used this cutaway when
the photographer says that
lipstick would stand out a
person, this gives the
evidence to that claim and
depicts to the audience the
boldness of red whether they
thought about it or not
originally – it could perhaps
have added a new
representation of red for the
audience.

15. We then added some
archive from the film
‘Inglorious Bastards’ which
depicts the provocative
nature of red lipstick on
women, the anchors the
interview with the make-up
artist when she says that red
makeup in film can be
shown as provocative.
Adding cutaways of where
the interview was filmed
keeps the audience
interested as they are not
just staring at the
interviewee, this prevents
channel surfing. Such as this
make-up panning shot in the
left hand box.

16. We used this external shot of
The Tate Gallery at the start of
the interview for the artist to
display where the interview was
as well as bringing the audience
with us making them feel as
though they were there as well.

17. We added the voiceover
that was recorded in our
school studio to tie the
start of the documentary
together making the
documentary
understandable, giving
the audience an idea of
what the documentary
entails.
This cutaway shows Andy
Warhol as the artist in the
interview talks about his
artwork and so we thought
it appropriate for them to
see who he was.

18. This was the last clip we added to the title sequence as the voiceover talks
about red in fireworks, giving a dramatic effect and so the video of red
fireworks would show this.

19. Shown in this screenshot is the new title sequence, we had shortened the title
sequence as it seemed to long and may bore the audience, we also changed the title of
our documentary as we found that this is a more interesting title and encapulates the
audience.