LO3.2: Evidence of Editing

IMPORTING FOOTAGE AND THEIR TIMECODES

These are screenshots of our importing our footage onto Adobe Premiere Pro and our editing process. In shot #5029, the tracking forward shot of Cam walking to the door, we chose to play the clip from 00:03 to 00:17. we did this because that was the most relevant part of the shot ad fit in best with the other clips that we had. We did this by finding the time in the software and using the razor tool to cut the clip at the desired time. We also did this to shot #5228, a medium shot of the cupboard with games on. We used the same method to cut this clip from 00:05 to 00:13 as this was the best part of the shot and was the length that we needed. This makes our film more enjoyable for our audience and makes it run smoother.

Special Effects

We started off by adding the Adobe Premiere Pro transition 'dip to black', which is part of the dissolve transitions, at the beginning and end of our short film. At the beginning of our short film it fades from black to the video of the clock and then blurs into the next clip and at the end of our short film it does the opposite by going from blurry to clear and then the video of the clock fades to black. We did this so that it isn't a harsh start and finish. This links to Jason Mittells theory of genre being exploited my producers to create a more successful product that is recognisable to the genre. This is because it creates a distorted sense of reality which is a convention of a psychological film.

We also edited the flash forward footage of the inside of the office to have a red tint. We did this since red links to fear and danger and our character is having anxiety and other negative reactions towards the office. To do this we went into the section 'lumetri colour' and changed the shadow and highlight tints to red and adjusted the tint balance until it looked as we wanted it to. We made the tint higher as the clips went on to show the progression of our characters anxiety. This links to Tzvetan Todorov's unconventional structure of narrative theory as the flash forwards aren't chronologically accurate.

We also added a title slide with the name of our short film which is 'Our Life'. We chose this name as the use of the plural 'Our' hints at the multiple personalities without explicitly giving away the plot of the short film.