Finally was the time when I was able to edit all of my shots together to form my film intro. I decided to do this first so It'll be easier to see which sound effects will fit in with the intro of my film rather than finding a sound effect that doesn't at all go with the intro that I have designed.
I decided to edit my film with all the shots being in order of the intro. So I first started with the house shots such as, Alex and Harry communicating in the house and Alex walking up the drive. By running through all of these clips I was able to see the perfect time to edit them all so the over all work did not look cheap and rubbish. The transitions in this scene I think went very smoothly so when the camera pans up to the ceiling it ended the scene onto the next part of the editing. However the transition proved quite difficult to perform as I has to judge perfectly how the scene would transition from one scene to the next.
Next I edited my shots when the 2 men are about to break up in order to search for the creature. Again editing was quite tricky because since the day we filmed was quite cold their condensation could be seen on the side of the screen before they walked on so I had to carefully choose the precise moment when each of the characters walk in. Also when they exchange their dialog it was hard to judge when they would be shown speaking to one another without it looking like I had to film it separate times, before eventually finding the perfect effect. However after some trail and error the shots were in place and soon the last shot of them together ended that particular scene.
For the next scene where Alex gets taken by the creature this was fairly easy because the shots were all times really well when put together but the sounding would prove trickier later on so I had to further improvise on how I could base the shots successfully in this scene without effecting the audio too much in the first part of the clip however, the later part of this clip proved easier to edit because it was more easier and better executed. In the last part where Alex cries for help, it was perfect in terms of camera work and I was able to move onto the final shots.
These last shots were easiest because they all fitted perfectly when Harry runs to Alex's aid past the tree that spooks him before heading into the climatic shot. When he runs in shot and sees the bush that took his friend, there was a slight problem with this shot due to the fact when he turns to face the bush, the camera gets knocked slightly so it made it look unprofessional and cheap so eventually I had to edit it all out. The final climax was by far the simplest because the shots were perfect when Harry looks over his shoulder and when the monster jumps out at the end before the screen finally cuts to black ending the intro when the titles then appear on screen.
Before I finished however I tweaked a few of the shots to try and make the intro shorter and eventually I managed to drop its total time by 4 seconds and made the intro look more smooth. When I was reviewed on how it looked my teacher said I had to edit the shots slightly, one of which was that the camera shakes in the shot and diffuses the tension out of the scene whilst the other was a shot that was too long and may have made the scene lest tense and make them loose interest in that scene. To improve it I edited out the shake of the camera in the first scene to make it look more professional and for the second shot I cut the clip so it was a few seconds shorter, so instead of the audience waiting for a period of time to walk in and loose that spark of curiosity, the viewers can instantly get into the action of the next scene immediately, As a result of these slight improved changes in my editing all of it was completed and I could move onto the audio effects.
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