Editing and Filming

When filming our main exercise we had a few problems in our way. We at first filmed half the shots with our actor but had to stop filming due to time restrains along with the poor weather on the day. After which we needed to reschedule another filming date. There were many days which the actor couldn’t do or we didn’t all have the same time off so the filming process took slightly longer than expected. We did get all the shots we wanted in the end and apart from these few problems the filming process ran fairly smoothly.

A few shots were changed on day of filming from our script because they were combined with other scenes and were no longer needed.

-Edits we made to our script on the day of filming

The editing process however turned out to be a much longer task. Instead of using editing software we already knew how to use, we had to switch to a different software package. This was because the shots were filmed in widescreen and the other software didn’t support that function well. Because of the switch in editing software it took time for us to learn how to use it effectively. Another problem which made the editing take longer was the fact that whenever we loaded up the files on a different computer, we had to change the file paths so the software recognised the clips.

- A screenshot of the editing process

When editing, we changed a few things for various reasons. Some of the scenes we filmed didn’t seem to flow and so they were taken out completely. One thing we had to take out is our original idea of having the titles written on a book and film the pages being turned. In the end we had to take these out as they weren’t quite big enough and didn’t stay on screen long enough. Instead we put titles on in a pink font.

The final edit has some variation from the storyboards and scripts produced originally because of the edits we made when filming/editing. I think that these edits mean that the film flows better.