Editing Journal

Editing:
Day 1:
On this first day of editing, we sorted through our clips, renaming and categorising them, so that it would be much easier later on in the editing process. The first thing  that we did was to get a rough cut of the initial opening montage, which shows the people using their mobile phones. One idea we had was to have the clips stating off more slowly, but then picking up pace, getting more and more quick, until they were just flashing up on the screen. We tried this out and it looked very effective, as it built up tension, and so captured the audiences attention. 

Day 2:
We put all of the clips for the second half of the opening in their rough positioning, so that we had a rough framework to work with and around, making the process a lot easier. The first thing we concentrated on was the running scene at the end, as we wanted to make sure the panic and frantic feeling was portrayed clearly. We used  a P.O.V shot for this bit, as we believed that it made the audience really connect with the protagonist, and clearly showed his panic. In between some of these shots we also put in flashes of the dead bodies.

Day 3:
We focused on the middle section of the opening today, putting in the establishing shots and ensuring that a deserted setting was created. We decided that we needed to have more of a contrast between this static section, where the fair is deserted, and the frantic running when the lead comes in.  In order to do this we cut up the P.O.V shot and swapped them into different orders, making it far more choppy, and inserted in a number of different shots of the dead bodies and close ups, but very quick flashes. We also decided to cut out some of our shot listed establishing shots, as to make the remainder longer, and so creating more of a juxtaposition between the fast and slow paced shots. 

Day 4:
Today we focused greatly on the titles of the film, originally we planned to have the titles overlaid on the film, appearing in "typewriter" mimicking the way a text would appear when typing, but we decide that this looked very amateur  ad so decided instead to have them on a black screen. This not only looked miles better and far more professional  but also slowed down the pace of the establishing clips, again adding to the juxtaposition i mentioned before hand. We also decided to try putting in a few facts and figures about mobile. social networking usage at the beginning of our film, to further reinforce the theme of technology, which worked very well. 

Day 5:
We focused on the music and sound effects on this day. we decided to take inspiration from the various films that we had watched from our genres for the music and sfx that we used. We started off with complete silence, as to engage the audience with an almost shocking factor, as they are not used to silence. We then cut to a very fast paced loud song to shock the audience and to juxtapose with the other sounds however this song did not fit with the montage we had put together, starting slow then picking up pace, and so we ha to alter the clips so that they were all very fast paced. We also found some eerie quite subtle music to use alongside our diagetic sound of silence, wind and birds singing, all adding to the eeriness of the setting, and a track that created tension and created a high adrenaline mood for the running scene.


Day 6-Deadline day:
As this was the final day for production we only had a few minor details to do. we had to add in our company logo at the beginning, as to make it seem more professional. We also tested out using some colour correction, trying to add warmer hues for when the humans were all still alive, and colder ones for when it was deserted, but discovered that our clips did not need the colour correction, as they were already lit correctly, and if we went to change it any more it just looked too drastic. We also added in an aspect ratio to give it a more cinematic feel, and we wee done