Filming on just one day certainly worked to our advantage. We were able to begin logging, capturing and editing immediately. The three of us tried our best to equally split the work and we managed to organise times, especially in free lessons were I would travel to Kings Langley and we could work on it as a group.
We hit a problem straight away with a technical fault from the camera to AdobePremiere as sections of our footage were not sending, or were missing, plus certain sound elements. Although after some tech work this was put right and although we had begun with certain parts that were able, everything was there to cut and edit together. As we had already used the programme in our previous AS course it was about getting used to it again rather than learning from scratch which was useful. Much like last year the cross dissolve button was used to begin and end each scene, plus the fades to black which we have used to show a new day has dawned. Also the audio needed to be cut to match with the visual. And the sound effect of a glass smashing was put in as where it originally hit a pillow, the sound was un realistic and did not cause the harsh effect we wanted. Also editing on the light was needed in certain places to make brighter or darker. As for instance the scene containing Lucas's friend at the window needed tweaking as the inside was noticeable darker in comparison to the natural light outside. Plus we added in a spotlight over the shot with the leaflets as we wanted to highlight that the letters spell 'FORGIVE'. However from feedback still needed to be a touch brighter.
Also with the sound there were a few issues with being able to hear Grayham from a distance when he is outside. On set we opened the window to allow the sound to travel further but placing the microphone by him would have been more sensible than expecting his voice to travel as far as it needed. However after experimenting with different tempo's it was either to loud or quiet, yet we managed to find a happy medium. Although from feedback it still isn't as loud as we would have liked and could be improved upon.
Thankfully we did not seem to come across many faults with continuity. As we really tried to pay attention when filming to this point and Kenny spent a lot of time in frozen positions whilst we moved the camera. Yet unfortunately we did slip up near the end with the disappearance of a few props from one shot to another. This is where Lucas is in the kitchen with a knife to his wrist with blood. As we took the shot from many angels there are slight changes within each one, however luckily this does not seem that apparent and is hardly noticed. The main problem with this arose when he walks out towards the stairs. You can tell the scene is within the same time period with his shirt and the way it is filmed, however as he leaves there is no blood on his wrist and no knife on the floor. This was noticed by us in editing and we regretted not realising at the time, someone also commented on it in their feedback which is unfortunate for us and is a shame the problem was not addressed at the time.
People know that music always contributes to a scene and helps to create the important impact that finishes off the piece. Luckily we found two tracks of music quite early in our editing stage. These were found of 'Moby Gratis' a copy right free website that was very useful. Although we were unsure whether using two different pieces of music in one short film would fit, when edited in we realised it was the best idea and worked extremely well. This is because the first piece found was to harsh to be placed at the beginning yet worked very well at the end, especially as it comes in just as Kate appears.
The overall editing process went much better than last year and I found it much more enjoyable as it did not need to be rushed. We all organised our time well and made sacrifices to get it done to a good standard. The fact we used the programme last year came in very helpful and after this project I now feel a lot more comfortable using it. Also we seemed to edit much quicker than expected which definitely worked to our advantage to finish off the project.
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