BOOMSATSUMA PORTFOLIO

Overall I am very pleased with the end result of my final edit of Mara. 

 

I have been able to expand my editing skills by using techniques while editing. I tried a new technique when doing my directed scene in the corridor which was making 2 ghosts walking along the corridor at once. I created this effect by using the opacity tool in final cut and overlaying different layers of the ghost walking towards the camera in a variety of different directions. I added a flashing effect which really adds to the scene and is similar to the effect I used in the bathroom scene. For the title sequence at the start of the film I wasn’t certain of how I wanted it to start with how I used a custom 3d title and created my own by using earthquake effects and bad tv to simulate the text moving in a ghostly manner. I was very pleased with how the titles came out. 

 

However I am disappointed as during the planning process we didn’t notice how many close up shots we would require for the editing process. When looking through the footage after the first day of hooting we realised this and tried to get as many as possible during the 2nd shooting day. When it came to editing it felt like the film was missing a lot of facial shots we simply didn’t have and didn’t see. While editing I also realised that the nosebleed scene could have been clearer that she is having a nosebleed. 

 

A decision I made while editing the film was to add a ghostly voice in the film which helps with the lack of close up facial shots and nosebleed. The voice is very clearly spoken so I added a sound distortion to it to make it sound more gritty. This small amount of dialogue with no dialogue response helps Build tension throughout the story. When she is the bathroom scene and gets dragged for the first time we use the voice without distortion which makes the difference between the distorted voice and the clean voice very noticeable and makes the last line we hear from the ghost which is “then we will kill you” makes it sound more sincere and the ghost is moving in as the voice has now become clear. 

 

Overall I am very happy with the final edit of the film. There would be a small amount of changes I would have made on set to help with the post production however I would only change a few small details if I had to re edit with the same footage again.