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.
