We have begun editing our video, using the final-cut pro server. This was a very different editing experience than our prelim task because; in our prelim task we only took four very simple, easy shots. However in our main task we took about fifteen shots, which is a big difference and ended up making our rush tape about thirty minutes long.
Firstly we had to log all of our shots into different log bins such as, titles, library shots and studio shots. We did this because of the length of the rush tape, it was easier to handle it. Because we took multiple shots for each shot it was a longer process watching through them all and choosing which one was best. We after sorting them into studio, titles and library shots, we began piecing our sequence together by dragging suitable the shots down into the timeline.
After we had finished putting all the suitable shots down into the timeline in the right order, we began editing it further by taking unwanted time of some of the shots, i.e. rolling time. After it was clean cut we ran it through, watching it thinking about what could be done to it, to make it more interesting. We decided we would like to try adding a few jump cuts, to relate it to our idea of the ‘Seven’ opening titles. We did all these jump cuts, on a rough cut of all our shots. Some of the cuts we did where; the title of ‘Catrina Kirby’, when she is writing it on the page. We then reversed the shot and sped it up adding it to the end of the original shot, so it ran smoothly in together. We also did other jump cuts throughout the sequence. After showing this to an audience, we where given feedback and decided that this version was not right for our sequence as it didn’t fit into our story. So we then began editing again on our original cut. It was a bit slow, and didn’t really grab us, so we decided to cut more unwanted time off and run it together smoothly.
In our sequence we don’t really show the audience much at the beginning, as we want to slowly draw them in revealing a little bit at a time. For instance the first two shots are tracking shots, one of a book shelf with Catrina taking out a book, and then the second shot is her feet walking. Then the shots slowly start to reveal more of Catrina our actress, as more of the titles are shown.
We included both diegetic and non diegetic sound in our sequence. There is not much diegetic sound included in our sequence, but the sound that is, is very important because it helps raise the tension. For example when Catrina, our actress, is walking on the library floor in her high heels, we recorded the sound of her heels clicking on the wooden floor. This sound was important because it helped establish her character, of a young woman who is important and smart. Another example of diegetic sound we used was, the sound of the books slamming onto the table, when Catrina puts them down. This was an important piece of sound because it showed that the sequence was about to properly start and speed up.
We also included non diegetic sound in our sequence. The non diegetic sound was the music that we used in the background. We chose music that we thought was suitable for what was happening in our sequence. It is violin music that sounds quite sinister but at the same time is very soft and flowing and I think that this was perfect for our sequence because it suits the physiological thriller genre very well. I think the music grabs peoples attention because it is quite mysterious.
We used sound track pro to alter the music to make it our own, because of copy right issues.
