Post Production: Part 1

Post Production: Part 1

Throughout the past few days our production group has begun to edit our opening title sequence. I was the main editor and thus had a big responsibility to make sure we were making good progress and that i was happy with how the edit was shaping up to be like.

Firstly we sat down together in the editing suite and watched all our footage back, once we saw our first opening shot we were in awe of how good the video quality was, to me it actually looked better then in real life especially with the way the rays of light would transcend across the room. We then went on to review the rest of the footage and noticed some takes were shaky but quite often that our final takes were ideal for what we actually wanted to use, however there was one shot that we wanted to use (the man mixing some liquids together - wide shot) but looked different to the other shots since we should it as a last minute attempt at the end of the day and thus the lighting was very different. 

Another issue we came across was not having lots of shots to pick from, we noticed that it definitely would have been nice to have a few more different shots; but thankfully the shots we did have we very good and looked beautiful so in this case we had quality of shots over quantity.

After we finished reviewing all of the footage we then began to place down shots chronologically on the timeline and then cut those shots into what we all thought was of a suitable length; and then put them together to form a very early stage cut of the sequence. It was quite messy, not refined and was over 3 minutes long which was significantly over the specification of the brief.

We ended up having to shorten some shots are cut some shots out all together, one significant choice we made was completely getting rid of the shot of multiple berries that have been cut; this shot showed the scale in the quantity of poisonous berries in the poisonous drink but also how far the man was willing to go by cutting every single tiny berry perfectly down the middle. The reason we got rid of this albeit decent shot was that it was slightly out of focus and the shot of a single berry being cut open look astronomically better through its detail and precision, plus in other earlier
shots the amount of berries was also signified by the large amount in the jar and on the stalk.

Finally, one more significant choice we made was having our finishing shot be of the man's face looking satisfyingly at the woman, this shot marked as the perfect conclusion for our sequence and an insight of what may be to come. His face also implies that he wants more of the satisfaction of devising a plan to kill someone; this is alo why the meaning of his character makes the last shot that little bit more unnerving and creepy to the audience.