Post Production - Part 1

Firstly in our editing process we went over the raw footage found the the area called rushes. After reviewing all our footage we then dragged our favourite shots onto the timeline. If we had more footage we would have created another folder to put all the shots we wanted but we have very little time, so given that we don't have hours of footage this proved to be quicker. Once we had done that we duplicated the timeline so if we wanted to go back or find the original clip it would be easy. 

After watching the footage back we noticed a few mistakes. When our main actor Ted hits our victim Raff across the face you can clearly see he doesn't actually hit his face, making the sequence look unrealistic. We discovered that we can actually crop the frame a bit higher, so you don't actually see the hit. We had the same problem when Ted hits the gun out of Mikes hand. This issue this time was the the subjects were in the middle of the frame, so we couldn't slightly cut the shot. We found our way around it by speeding up the duration of the clip and using fast editing techniques to hide the hit.

We made the choice of sticking with the first backwards panning shot for the first 30-40 seconds without any cut aways. We did this to add tension and give time for titles to appear etc. After that clip we began doing fast cuts in the action. 

If we look back on our story board, it is quite different. We originally started with the girl crying and then a cut away to the club and dead bodies. We had the idea of going back and fourth several times before we introduced the main killer. It is interesting how much our idea has changed, even in the first 30-40 seconds of editing. However, I much prefer the way we shot it.

Another choice we made in the first couple days of editing was to include a reverse shot to convey that Mike had been hit with a hammer. We did the same motion but one take without gory makeup and one with. We then stuck them together and put the second take in reverse to make it look like the hit had made this effect. This technique worked well and helped support the idea that the main killer Ted was ruthless and experienced in killing.