Progress Report - The Editing Phase

The editing phase of the film trailer has begun, with some anticipation. We have been using the programme “Premier”, to edit our footage, which has been collected over a period of two weeks. This equated to over 15 minutes of footage, which is being handled with care, so that we can find the best shots for each scene. It is important to note that the software, Premier”, has not been used by the group before, which has meant that learning the basics has been an integral part of this phase in the production of the film trailer. On the other hand, it has provided more freedom with the editing in comparison to “Microsoft Movie Maker”, which was used in the production of the Foundation Portfolio film.


Although we filmed over a period of two weeks, the storyboards were always being changed, as new ideas were thrown onto the drawing board. This has led to a reorganisation of particular scenes, so that we can portray the horror of each character in more depth. This links back to the editing programme, as these shots can easily be swapped around to convey the horror as well as potentially making more sense. However, we still felt as though this was taking up too much time, so reverted to sticking post-it notes with labels on the board. These each represented a scene in the film trailer, which we organised on the white board.





The sound effects we planned to use have been incorporated well, in my opinion. The maccabre sound of the music does create a sense of tension and fear, which again, I genuinely felt when watching a rough edit of the first few scenes. Heavy breathing and darkness, synonymous with fear, have also been used within the first few scenes to build up the dread, which the characters will be feeling, and will also relate to the audience’s perception of fear.

It must also be mentioned that there was an issue with the ratio of the framing. We had filmed the first set of scenes in a ratio of 16:9, and the second an third in 4:3, which meant that they did not match up. However, we discussed how this problem could be solved and came to the conclusion that by adding a black bar to the top and bottom of the frames, not only will it create a sense of a cinematic experience, - adding to the tension of the scenes, as this extra black will create fear, but it will also mean that the frames will match up.