Issues Encounted During Editing

Initially we wanted to have our main characters name, Chloe, on a gravestone to clearly represent she was dead for the twist at the end. However, since buying a gravestone and carving a name in would be too expensive, we thought we may be able to shoot the back of a gravestone (where it would be blank) and edit the name onto it. We found this difficult to do and to make it look realistic as it was hard to match the texture so we had to change this part of our storyline. So now instead of having a visual representation to the audience, conveying that Chloe is the one actually dead, we have now got a voice over of a diary entry explaining it.

Another problem we encountered during editing was trying to find the best way to portray a flashback. We tried various transitions, such as a dissolve, and tried making the shot black and white, however none of these seemed to work for our film, and make it obvious to the audience that a flashback was occurring. We eventually found an effect that seemed to work, this effect was the echo effect which gave the shot some what of a distorted atmosphere while also creating some suspense. We also altered the colours slightly, to give it a more eerie atmosphere for the audience.

Sound was also a big problem while editing. This was because in the shots that we filmed in public places, such as the scene with Chloe and her friends, there is a lot of background noise. We overcame this by filming numerous shots for each shot and then replacing the sound from some shots with sound from one of the other shots (when it wouldn't be too obviously noticed).

We also had some difficulty when we were trying to edit our title together for the title sequence. This was because we wanted all the letters moving in different directions (towards the centre of the screen), while the shot zooms in (really close to the letters) so the shot could go through the 'hole' in the 'A' and go into the first scene. However, this was difficult to do as the title went blurry as we zoomed in, and the colour red (which is the colour of our title) wouldn't subtly dissolve into the shot. This meant that we had to scrap that idea and now we just have all the letters moving to the centre of the screen.

Another problem we encountered was having an effective scream. At the end of our title sequence, just before the title comes up, we wanted a good effective scream which it would then cut to the title. However, we tried using a scream we got when filming, however it didn't create the atmosphere we wanted. This meant that we had to get a stock scream to put over it. We found various stock screams and used different ones for the title sequence and the actual murder scene. This is because having the same one for both didn't suit both scenes. The stock scream in the scene where Chloe is murdered creates a suspenseful, and eerie atmosphere.