Once our stressful shooting had finished, we had expected that to be the hardest bit, with the editing to follow smoothly. We were wrong. Although we previously had had small lessons on how to edit on final cut pro, as a group we were not pros. We began by watching all the clips and making a decision on which shots to keep and which to discard of (put in the unused bin). In comparison to our fellow peers, we had a little amount of shots to sort out (only 4) as the main shot, was one long tracking shot.
Our tracking shots were long and took a great amount of time to sifter through them identifying any errors. We had an original plan of the cuts we would put together, and to begin with it was easy to play shots into the timeline. However,due to the lack of shots we had, we soon realised quite quickly, that some of the cuts didn't work together and so we were in a slight dilemma, as we didn't have any back up shots. We also realised that the angles were wrong, and wouldn't make sense when editing them together- when Lynne lifts her arm, the shot changed and the arm swapped round. To fix this, we had to result in zooming into her face for one shot, avoiding showing the body.
We continued to encounter minor setbacks (just as great editors of Hollywood would!) Sound caused us trouble with the video and sound coming out of sync which we had to ask for assistance to fix. We also had to add an extra louder sound of the ticking of the film so it was a lot more obvious to hear. We had to smooth transitions between clips as the volume of some scenes were louder than others, so we had to louden the speakers and listen carefully as to where the volume altered. We couldn't manage them to get on an equal volume with each other, so we decided to use a pre-recorded clip of the sound of a projector film. Once the significant background sound was applied, all that was left was the credits, which ended up being the most stressful aspect of the editing. We had to choose a specific font that related to the content of our thriller (finally choosing 'Cochin' font). We had to be careful with our choice as we wanted our title sequence to look professional so the process required our total concentration. Once we'd chosen the font and written out all the credits, we then had to accurately position it, all with the same details as to where it was placed on the screen.
We were close to finishing however, realised the thriller sequence lacked something and we concluded it was music. Although we were initially told that we couldn't use music due to copyright reasons unless we wrote it and produced it ourself. However, we decided that if the music was unknown we could use it, and it really was crucial that our thriller had music in it. We therefore sent Tobi on a mission to pick a track that suited the flow of everything that takes part in the clip. The music and 1 line we gave to Lynne, differs from our original decision of having the thriller in complete silence. We presented Tobi with a cd: Burlesque and Beyond. The music on the album was jazzy and quite abstract, creating a seductive atmosphere perfect for the sexual tension in the scene.
Meanwhile we continued to edit the thriller, Tobi explored 20 different songs on the album, narrowing it to 10. He then presented them to us and we picked track 12. We then transferred the the music onto our timeline but the format was incorrect, and so Tobi in all his genius used his I.T. skills to change the format and import it onto our timeline. Once the music was cut and pasted onto the timeline, we decided to add some extra noise and background sound such as cars and mopeds passing outside and the bustle of party near by.We were so relieved once we'd finally touched up any faults and we had completed our thriller. We have put a lot of hard work and effort into this thriller, and we hope it pays off, receiving the marks we deserve at the end.
