After the last lesson were we cut the unneeded scenes, saved them individually and placed them in the correct order, this lesson we started on more complex editing, focusing more on the appearance. Our first discussion was about the colour of the film as a whole and we tried a few different colour choices that the software provided such as sepia and enhanced 'natural' colour but our final decision was to make the film Black and White and we decided this because of the 'eery' effect it gave. We think this effect looked eery because of the lighting we used; the Black and White colour made everything within the scenes more defined such as the shadows that we purposely created. The picture below is an example of how the shadow that we created is enhanced due to the black and white effect we used.
We also experimented with the 'transition effects' for the film. We didn't want transitions that made the pace slow down but for it to build tension throughout the film, so we mainly chose quick black straight cuts which adds to the eeriness and the increasing pace and tension but also as a group thought that added a few 'fades' into the film as transitions would add to the suspense and mystery we were trying to portray. Also at the end of the film, we added a 'fade to blackout' which we thought implied that the story was 'to be continued' and sort of makes the audience watching wondering what could or will happen next.
We decided to not do voice recordings to put over the film for the dialogue as this would take more time and be more complex but as we decided against the voice recording, we are left with a small buzzing throughout the filming but it cannot be helped during the scenes that include dialogue. However we reduced the buzzing noise by muting the scenes that didn't have dialogue within them. This gives us a bit of a problem with audio editing because adding sound effects such as foot steps or door opening over muted parts could be difficult, but to make it as realistic as possible, those sound effect may be needed. Another discussion we had was about if we should have a track over the top of the action. We had mixed opinions as we wasn't too sure if sound over the top would work but we have a 'eery' sounding track that would fit into the film but it's just about making a final decision together.
Our preliminary task is very nearly finished as we have finished the appearance and part of the audio editing but before or during next lesson we aim to decide if we are on adding a track on top and using sound effects or not; once we have decided on these components together, we can apply our decisions and then our task will be finished.
We also experimented with the 'transition effects' for the film. We didn't want transitions that made the pace slow down but for it to build tension throughout the film, so we mainly chose quick black straight cuts which adds to the eeriness and the increasing pace and tension but also as a group thought that added a few 'fades' into the film as transitions would add to the suspense and mystery we were trying to portray. Also at the end of the film, we added a 'fade to blackout' which we thought implied that the story was 'to be continued' and sort of makes the audience watching wondering what could or will happen next.
We decided to not do voice recordings to put over the film for the dialogue as this would take more time and be more complex but as we decided against the voice recording, we are left with a small buzzing throughout the filming but it cannot be helped during the scenes that include dialogue. However we reduced the buzzing noise by muting the scenes that didn't have dialogue within them. This gives us a bit of a problem with audio editing because adding sound effects such as foot steps or door opening over muted parts could be difficult, but to make it as realistic as possible, those sound effect may be needed. Another discussion we had was about if we should have a track over the top of the action. We had mixed opinions as we wasn't too sure if sound over the top would work but we have a 'eery' sounding track that would fit into the film but it's just about making a final decision together.
Our preliminary task is very nearly finished as we have finished the appearance and part of the audio editing but before or during next lesson we aim to decide if we are on adding a track on top and using sound effects or not; once we have decided on these components together, we can apply our decisions and then our task will be finished.
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