Editing 7

We decided that we would split screen the parts of our opening sequence where the character is just walking. We felt it would make it more interesting and also speed it up. However we got carried away and started split screening everything. I wasn't too sure if this was the right thing to do as the main action was split screened and it became quite busy. However we did cut some of the clips out and have left some short parts of the sequence with no split screen and no effect and it works well.
After split screening our shots we started to notice that the colour was slightly different on each. We therefore adjusted the colour to make the sequence on the screen the same brightness and colour.

The split screen allowed us to progress greatly as it reduced the time of our sequence as well as making our sequence look more exciting and make more sense. This encouraged us to finish the sequence to the standard we had been aiming for but not quite reaching all along.

The map was still proving a problem this week as we were finding it hard to show a still going staright into motion.

Editing 6

We started editing with the split screen idea. To carry out the idea of the split screen it meant that we had to split the sequence we had already put together so that the sequence then became two or more separate pictures. Some of the shots that we had already edited into a sequence flowed well and it seemed a shame to break it up again. Therefore I wasn't sure whether it would still work if we used some bits as they are and some in a split screen of if it would look better all the same.

Fractured Films

Fractured films 

Fractured films are an independent film company, similar to one that we would expect to produce our film. They have produced content for companies such as Channel 4 and EMI, both of which are the types of companies we could expect or aim to share the same audience with. 

Editing 5

Today we saw Mesrine. We really liked the split screen effect and decided pretty much immediately then that we wanted to incorporate split screen into our opening. Mesrine had been filmed from different angles, so you saw the front and back of the person walking at the same time. Unfortunately we saw this opening after we had filmed so we hadn't filmed our actor from different angles. Therefore we decided to use the shots that we already had and so use for example a shot of the guy walking over the bridge and in the other split a view from the bridge.

Editing 4

We exported the map out of photoshop and imported it back into final cut. We originally had the idea of the actor holding the map up in front of him then when he puts it down the real life is the same as the image. When we came to this, it was to difficult and time consuming to do as we had to make a motion path for each of the pictures on the map.

We instead decided to zoom into the picture on the map of the location. This was also too difficult as we could only zoom into the centre of the map. Towards the end of the week we we struggling with the map and it was becoming very stressful and taking up a lot of our editing time. As an alternative to zooming in to the picture which wasn't working we tried the picture zooming out of the map and continuing into motion. This was a lot more effective and we continued to do this with the remaining pictures on the map.

Editing, feedback

The feedback we got from todays lesson from other members of the class was that they didn't understand the narrative. We didn't have the film finished enough for the narrative to be understood yet but we still weren't sure whether our finished opening would be understood. We took this into consideration and all decided that a voice over would be the best idea.
We had originally planned on doing a voice over for our opening as we liked the opening sequences in which the voice over introduces the character.
Having the feedback from todays lesson helped in the way that we had watched our film too many times to see faults that other groups may have picked up on and the comments gave us the motivation to continue the film.