Friday Editing

On Friday, we came back to finish the little editing we had left like order and general cutting of clips only to have Premier Pro crash numerous times yet again. It was about 6 times in total for complete shut-downs of the programme and also the unusual wait for the actually file to open at the beginning was also back, taking up most of the time we had at lunch and after school. So unfortunately we couldn't get any work done and will sadly miss the deadline due to the technical problems but after the half term holidays, the first day back we will ensure that we get our rough cut done, regardless of any problems we could possibly encounter.

Final Editing

Yesterday we came back after school to continue with our editing to meet with the first deadline at the end of Friday, were our rough cut must be completed for. During the editing, we got more of the general order of our clips done but the most significant part is the experimentation of the texturise effect which seems to somewhat recreate the effect seen in "Seven", blurring between clips but with a more jarring effect. However, its not entirely like the "Seven" effect due to the lack of white flashes etc and another problem with it is the chance of overuse which can ruin the original effect it had of unnerving the audience. So if we continue to use this effect we need to be cautious of the amount of uses and if its the right place for the effect itself. This has made us consider other effects and using not at all, depending entirely on the part of our sequence. Currently, we are finishing off the remains of our rough cut by focusing just on the clips themselves not any effects due to time constraints and hopefully get it ready to upload onto our blogs. We have a fixed idea on the order along with the music and other effects which will be added afterwards to avoid running short of time. However, Premier is being unreliable due to an agonizing load time for it just to open and also the rendering is taking much longer then normal. We have suffered a few complete crashes as well which has brought our project back even further so we will have to come back on the Friday to finish up.

Editing Progress

This lesson we are continuing with our editing and putting in the new scenes we have shot recently. Unfortunately it has not gone as smoothly as we had hoped due to numerous problem with Premier Pro. The main being the countless crashes during our editing which has set us back in our progress and the lengthy rending which is a trade off for easier, smoother editing for the price of of a longer process as unrended footage is very choppy, making it much harder to edit effienctly. Some things have gone well though such as the incidental music we have included in the end to have a much more dramtic finish with it timed when the door slams, increasing the effect on the audience even further. We are still debating when to include the heartbeat within our sequnce to determine when it would have the best effect as if it doesnt add anything to the movie then there is no need for it.

Final Filming and Editing Progress

We have now finally picked up our last remaining shots involving the props of kidneys and assorted meat (Craig will soon upload pictures on his blog) being cut and a few extra scenes of the killer attacking victim which may have a few valuable scenes. Now we can finish our editing entirely and hopefully add to our total running time as ours has been slightly under the minimum limit. We are now working on incorporating the new scenes into our sequence and making sure the order of our title sequence runs how we want it and smoothly by making sure each edit is not too jarring and effects are used sparingly.

Rough Cut Progress

So far in our editing, we have got the order of our clips mostly organised with one or two possible alternatives. We have decided to keep the black and white idea for the kitchen for both versions as it looks effect and represents a flashback like sequence to hint at what he may do to the next victim or what he has done already, being a flash forward instead. For the title sequences we are going for bloody handprints (reference Lauren's and Craig's blogs for the actual image used) to help create the disturbing atmoshpere we want our film to have. In terms of music, we have gone for our original heatbeat idea but are also considering using some other music clips to help add more suspense like louder, more dramatic music at the end of the clip.

Rough Cut - Update

Currently, we have finished about half of our editing. We are working on two different versions of our cuts, one is the kitchen scenes followed straight by the outdoor scenes and the other is the two sets mixed up, with the kitchen in black and white to convey it as a possible flashback or flash forward of what the killer will do to their next victim. They will be uploaded for comparison when both a finished to a decent standard.