List of Tricky Edits and Effects

One difficult edit we encountered was trying to get all the diegetic sound to transition smoothly from shot to shot. Most were not too difficult and we could just alter the volume of each shot to make it run smoothly. However, some were more difficult as it was too jumpy or in some cases, there was background noise in one shot but not in the next. For the ones that seemed too jumpy, we used an exponential fade and sometimes faded that particular sound down. For the ones that were too jumpy due to the change in background noise, we got some of the audio from another shot (where there was no dialogue) and put it in the shot where it seemed jumpy, we then decreased the volume of this audio to make it fit in more with the shot.

A difficult effect we had to do was to create an accurate eerie and disorientated atmosphere in the graveyard scene. To do this, we used the echo effect and also edited the colour of the shots to create an eerie portrayal. Some parts of this were difficult as it was hard to get the right colour for each shot and to find which shots it would be best to use the echo effect on.

The title sequence was also quite difficult to edit. This was because we wanted to use a good variety of shots that created the right atmosphere for the audience so they could get an overall feel of the film. One particular part that was hard was finding a stock scream for the ending of it. The first one we found was too dramatic and it didn't suit it at all as it was easily noticeable that it was a stock scream. The other screams we found were okay however they didn't have the right dramatic effect but then we eventually found one that sound good. The only difficulty with this was that it took us a while to get the scream in the right place (for it to start and finish at the right moment) to enhance the effectiveness. Another part of the title sequence that was quite difficult was synchronising the non diegetic music up with the title when all the letters come together. In the music we found, it had a thud like sound which we thought would be perfect to have at the exact same time as the letters came together. This took a lot of patience and time to get it in the exact place. Another difficulty we had was trying to use the same font for each title we put on it. This was because on the programme we used, Premier Pro, the fonts order was changed and colours of them were changed so it took us a while to find the same one multiple times and then we had to change the colours for them too. To overcome this, we copied and pasted the previous titles and just changed the text and size.

The graveyard scene was also quiet difficult to edit as after we got our audience feedback, we had to film some shots of Amy in the graveyard and then put them into the graveyard scene to create a much more creepy, haunted feel. We got the shots of Amy at used the parallel editing technique to show Amy walking through the grave yard. We edited these shots quickly together however there didn't seem to be enough shots of Chloe to put them in between and to speed them up so we had to not use some of the shots with Amy in them. Also, one of the shots with Amy in was a tilt shot and part of the tilt moved too quickly which looked a little odd. This was quite difficult to edit as we had to get a section of the shot and slow only that section down and leave the rest of the shot at the same speed.

Another tricky edit was the POV shot of Chloe going under the arc. This is because we first filmed it too slow and jumpy however after we re-filmed it we realised it was now too slow. So to solve this we had to increase the speed of the shot to make it seem as if it was the speed of someone walking which was difficult to get right.