Post Production - Editing

After we finished shooting, the next step for us to complete our opening scene was initiating the editing process. So, begun the editing process by going through our 'rushes' and watching every shot, enabling us to become familiar with the footage. As a majority,  we were happy with our footage but knew that the gradient on some of the shots did not match how we would like them too. The issues we had with the gradient derive from the changing weather on our shooting day. Next, we named each video and discussed which shots were successful and named those that were not. Before, placing videos on our timeline, we briefly discussed a brief order. Once we agreed, we begun cutting and joining shots together helping us to see how the scene began to work. 

Working with Ziggy was fun, enjoyable and appropriately fit our scene but was sometimes difficult to capture in the frames. So, there was a lot of takes from some of our shots that we needed to go through. The first hour we spent on editing involved watching and naming the footage and not much more. The editing process takes time if you want a successful product once you finish. As this was our first shoot, we did make some mistakes and this included talking throughout the shot when we were directing the actors which picked up on the microphone, meaning we could not use these shots. 

During the editing process, we made different choices in order to layer the detail in the opening scene. One of which was the font we used for the titles, we used a font called Herculanum. We chose this font because we believed it portrayed the satanic and horrific essence of our title sequence. The blend between the natural landscape and the text foreshadowed what was about to take place which I think is a really nice detail that enhanced our original concept. A second choice we made during the editing process was the varying shot duration in our editing. To begin with, the shots were quite long and gradually they get quicker and snappier creating pace and tension in the scene.