First Edit audience feedback continued

During todays session, I had my first edit watched and assessed by two members of the class.


The improvements suggested really support other feedback I have had on this, such as the argument between the parents. However, there are some new pieces of feedback which I have not thought about until now.

• establishing shot of the house before the argument in the flashback. 
• sound effects, ambience, before the music starts so it doesn't slip into a 'music video' convention.
• the colour of the titles, appearing during the flashback, sometimes blend in with the background and are hard to see. 

Other than these improvements, my opening sequence was well received and even aspects of it which I was not so fond of, were positively commented on. Such as the dialogue with the voice overs and argument. 

First Edit after thoughts

Recently I have been thinking over the order my titles have been appearing. In order to do this I watched other films, in a similar genre just to see how titles are presented in those.
It has made me think about whether or not the order makes sense, so I will be going back to my first edit to generally switch a lot of the titles around so they make sense.

First Edit

This is my finished first edit for my two minute opening sequence, Searching for Solace.

Generally, I am very pleased with the way it turned out, although I did face some problems along the way.

The titles are an issue I know I will have to keep improving upon, as I still wasn't happy with the way they were presented onscreen.

Also, the timing was also a major issue, as I am fully aware of the fact that I have passed the maximum time length. However, I am already trying to think of ways to resolve this.

Once I have recieved feedback, I will improve upon,

• overall general timing
• titles and how/where/when they appear
• production cards, as these were rushed due to time constraints.

Editing 17/01/12

Today, I will be recording the voice over for the opening sequence. Once this has been completed and edited to meet my standards, all I will have left to complete will be the titles and production cards.

Re Filming and Editing

On the 14/01/12 I decided to re-film the extract of the sequence where we can hear Theo's parents arguing. My reasons behind this choice were because the dialogue sounded too scripted and structured and I wanted to make it as realistic as possible. Overall, I am much happier and content with the content filmed and now that it has been edited, it is looking a lot better than my previous attempt, even though I personally think that it could always be improved, it just comes down to finding the quality of acting I need vocally and piecing together the argument to make it as realistic as it can be. 

Editing 13/01/12

During the course of todays lesson, I successfully completed the editing of timings of clips, music, and transitions in my opening sequence. The next step will be to record the voice over and create the titles. 


However, I am re filming the argument scene between Theo's parents with two different actors, as I am not entirely happy with what it's like at the moment. 

Editing, session two.

This session, I managed to finish cutting and arranging the clips before the end of the lesson time. With the remaining time, I continued playing with the clips to see if the order needed changing, especially with the Cathedrals & Cars cameo, as I felt the order did need changing due to the continuity. Although this is the section of the sequence I am the most pleased with. 

I have also been looking at the argument scene in the middle of the film. I am quite happy to leave it how it is, however, I feel as though I could re film it again, this time with different actors. But as I said, if time does not permit, the clips already existing will be absolutely fine. I would just like to experiment with different voices to see which work best. However, I am proud of the shots I used, as I like the fact that you can't actually see the parents arguing, just a little look into the house and how normal it seems in comparison to what really is happening behind closed doors. 

 Overall, however, once the music was added to the sequence, I immediately felt more confident with how the sequence was starting to look. 

Editing

During the course of todays session, I started the process of uploading my clips onto Final Cut Express. 
The next step was then to start editing shots, in regards to the which shots I actually wanted and needed, and the shot length. 
This was a difficult task, especially with the band cameo, as I wanted to show various shots of them in the short space of time, also, it did take a long time cutting the clips to the correct timing.