27) WORKING FROM A SCRIPT 8 - EDITING

The editing stage in the development of our project was one of the longer stages as I had failed to realize some of the difficult properties of the task. Thinking I had to just edit one clip after another and then make minor alterations at the start and end to remove the “action and cut” sequence. Ultimately I realized that I had to edit the clips so the continuity was mostly the same and that the clips flowed well, for example; at the start of the short film, there are shots of dialogue and interaction and I had to edit them in such a way that flowed well to establish the illusion that the conversation was happening all at once and not that the lines were just being said into a camera. This was followed by longer shots, one example is Mr. Beaver walking away and the camera tracing his movement. This established pace by differentiating the shots of fast, reactions of dialogue by long, panning shots of travel.

Which you can see here on the time line, the short lasting shots of dialogue in comparison to the long pan of Mr. Beaver walking away.

Transitions

There wasn’t any fancy methods of transition used in this project, just the standard of when one clip ends, it cuts to the next with no fade in’s or fade out’s. In the opening and outro sequence, there are fades on the text but none on the actual film.

Linear Narrative

Linear Narrative is what is used in our project, this means that the story includes plot, characters, setting, climax and resolution. Linear narratives present stories in a logical manner by telling what happens from one point in time to the next without using flashbacks or flash-forwards and then returning to the present.

 

Theoretical Effects

Unfortunately there was no theoretical effects included.

 

What was added?

The main thing added during the editing phase was the colour correction, by adding a contrasted, blue tint gave the film a cold, crisp feel and made it seem like it was set in a cold environment, which was the added “Narnia” effect. The sequences were then edited to be in chronological order while making cuts to make the clips flow better and removing the “action and cut” from the clips. The final thing which was done was the sound editing. In some shots you can hear shouting in the background from the rugby players that were nearby, however the clips were quite short so the shouting isn’t too prominent. One clip however, is much longer than the others as pace is being established and there the shouting is very noticeable. So what I did in post was gather background noise of the wind from the other clip and put it over the clip and removing the original audio, luckily there is no dialogue present in this scene so the original audio can be removed without backlash.