Editing Diary

The software I used to edit our film opening was iMovie as I am are not used to using any other forms of editing software and know people who are familiar with this if I was unsure of anything. Also, from editing our preliminary task it gave the chance to practice using the software effectively preparing for when we had to edit our final film opening.

Firstly, I imported all of the footage we filmed off of my iPhone, onto the Macbook using the phones USB cable. Once all of the footage was imported I went through each shot filmed deciding which were best to use and roughly putting the clips in order of how I wanted to add them together and cutting any that were too long or had bits in them that were not needed. I did this first to see how well they would transition from one cut to another and if it all fit together showing the genre well. From looking over the shots this way and getting feedback I decided to re-film a couple more times for the beginning of the opening and the final shot for it until it was filmed in a way that looked best all together to look realistic and give the effect we wanted to achieve.

Once I was happy with the order and shots we had in it, I then went through to make sure all transitions ran smoothly by adding transitions where they looked needed and cutting clips anymore if necessary to make the match on action join up right when the character is running and the positions he is being filmed in change. I also muted the sound on all of the clips as it wasn't needed and music would be added to play as a soundtrack later.

Then I went through all of the clips in the opening and changed the speed of them so they were in slow motion, which I felt looked a lot more effective and would help to build up tension as it puts the audience in suspense, anticipating who the character is running from and wanting to find out what is happening in the scene.

Then once I was happy with the editing on all of the clips, I added the music that I had chosen for our murder mystery that I feel fits the genre, making sure it faded in quite quickly at the start after the production company logo and I felt this fit with the fact it goes straight into action and then I also made sure the end of the song played at the end, so had to alter the length, as I felt it faded out nicely going well with the final shot that is panning up to the sky.

Finally, once I was happy with how the film opening looked I just needed to add our production company name, the credits and film title at the end. When adding the text I went through all the options for where I could position it putting in places where I felt it looked best with the shot it was appearing over and I went through many of the font types choosing one that I feel looks professional for a film opening and is clear to read.