From watching our completed extract I am happy with the end result. The genre that we were working with was drama, which hugely influenced the decisions that we all made throughout the process and instead of choosing certain things because we liked them, we chose things that would suit the extract and hopefully enhance it. The cinematography, the editing and the sound were all chosen carefully so that they would all suit each other. I found that we, as a group achieved that. ‘My Sisters Keeper’ that is a drama about two sisters influenced a lot of our ideas; this influenced my choice in adjusting the colours within certain shots especially those that were flashbacks and the cinematography. With the cinematography we wanted to have parts of the flash backs where it was obvious the camera was hand held. This did however cause some difficulties when it came to editing and found there was a lot of filming that we wanted to cut, as some parts were too jolty. I, as editor, reduced the speed of most clips, some more than others, depending on how unstable the filming looked. This not only made the cinematography look more controlled yet it gave an impact on the flashbacks, which I found helped a lot.
Trailer of My Sisters Keeper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgQYBl3WS1I&feature=PlayList&p=045F9442E2DB1732&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=13
Being the editor I found I had a lot of ideas in what I wanted to do. I changed the colours within each shot separately, making the scenes in the hospital dull and saturated then making the flash backs bright and colourful so they were almost dream like. I found that most times I watched the extract I kept finding things I wanted to change or to take out. I put a dissolve tool in between some shots but found I had some difficulty with so I decided to fade some instead out using a pen tool and smoothing it out which looked neater yet just as if not more effective.
Being the editor I found I had a lot of ideas in what I wanted to do. I changed the colours within each shot separately, making the scenes in the hospital dull and saturated then making the flash backs bright and colourful so they were almost dream like. I found that most times I watched the extract I kept finding things I wanted to change or to take out. I put a dissolve tool in between some shots but found I had some difficulty with so I decided to fade some instead out using a pen tool and smoothing it out which looked neater yet just as if not more effective.
(Flash back; bright colours) (Hospital; Dull saturated colours)
Our group worked well together and agreed on almost everything. We all helped out with each role and put forward our ideas to create a better end result. We communicated well and all had an open mind about what other members of the group had to say which helped a lot when a member left or was not there, as we knew what they would have been doing.
I had some ideas that I definitely wanted to use, for example reducing the speed of the flashbacks. When it came to adjusting the colour settings I found that it was more trial and error, I would try different things and used the one that looked best and I am extremely happy with what I chose. We changed the ending of the extract due to difficulties in filming. We also took out a shot at the end where it zooms out from the necklace to show an empty bed, as we found it wasn’t needed. Also a lot of the shots we reduced hugely as some went on for a lot longer and it would lose the attention of the audience. We were thinking about having a voice over as we realised that it seemed difficult for the audience to see which character was having the flash back but we found the soundtrack made was more effective.
I think that from the feedback we have received we have managed to create a very good piece. My main worry was if the attention of the audience would be kept throughout the whole thing yet with the chosen flashbacks and the editing combined with sound it worked well and the attention was not lost. We got feedback from Jake Wynne who is a short film director and editor who also said that some parts were too long and not needed as they lose the audiences attention. Feedback throughout the process helped a lot and made me realise that as an editor it is best to watch it as if you’ve never watched it before and put yourself in an audiences situation, as I found myself cutting out bits that although didn’t change much for me did for an audience. For example the beginning of the extract from I think it should show more from the hospital scene yet we could not change that as we had not got enough filming to do so.
I think that my technical skills grew when we made the extract and as at the beginning where I would use simple techniques I got more used to the equipment and found myself growing more confident and trying more things. I do however think that if I was more confident and comfortable with the effects I was working with I would have been able to do better, however I am very happy with what I have done as an editor and the end result and feel as though we worked our hardest and put all of our skills into the extract to get the best result.
Our group worked well together and agreed on almost everything. We all helped out with each role and put forward our ideas to create a better end result. We communicated well and all had an open mind about what other members of the group had to say which helped a lot when a member left or was not there, as we knew what they would have been doing.
I had some ideas that I definitely wanted to use, for example reducing the speed of the flashbacks. When it came to adjusting the colour settings I found that it was more trial and error, I would try different things and used the one that looked best and I am extremely happy with what I chose. We changed the ending of the extract due to difficulties in filming. We also took out a shot at the end where it zooms out from the necklace to show an empty bed, as we found it wasn’t needed. Also a lot of the shots we reduced hugely as some went on for a lot longer and it would lose the attention of the audience. We were thinking about having a voice over as we realised that it seemed difficult for the audience to see which character was having the flash back but we found the soundtrack made was more effective.
I think that from the feedback we have received we have managed to create a very good piece. My main worry was if the attention of the audience would be kept throughout the whole thing yet with the chosen flashbacks and the editing combined with sound it worked well and the attention was not lost. We got feedback from Jake Wynne who is a short film director and editor who also said that some parts were too long and not needed as they lose the audiences attention. Feedback throughout the process helped a lot and made me realise that as an editor it is best to watch it as if you’ve never watched it before and put yourself in an audiences situation, as I found myself cutting out bits that although didn’t change much for me did for an audience. For example the beginning of the extract from I think it should show more from the hospital scene yet we could not change that as we had not got enough filming to do so.
I think that my technical skills grew when we made the extract and as at the beginning where I would use simple techniques I got more used to the equipment and found myself growing more confident and trying more things. I do however think that if I was more confident and comfortable with the effects I was working with I would have been able to do better, however I am very happy with what I have done as an editor and the end result and feel as though we worked our hardest and put all of our skills into the extract to get the best result.
