EDITING 4

Editing Day 4

On our 4th editing session it was my turn to edit again and I made a chunk of our opening sequence improve by the help of my group. We realised that we wanted to change the order of our opening sequence so had to make a new project and copy and paste half of it into the new event. This allowed us to adjust the order of the clips and audios without any complications, as well as saving us a lot of time finding an alternative way to rearrange the clips. 

Once I had done this, we began carefully cutting and selecting smaller clips and editing them so they fit perfectly into a match on action, a reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. Splitting the clips up like this allowed us to see where things would fit best and allowed us to do it easily and efficiently. 

Also, we decided to have the title come up before the end of the opening sequence and slightly begin the actual film and have that as the interview so it seemed as if the film was actually starting. This would improve our opening sequence as it will now appear much more professional and will mirror many other horror films, how after the title appears it goes straight into the plot of the film. It will also improve the structure of the film and make the audience aware when the present day is. 

This editing session allowed us to clearly rearrange and order the clip properly once we had gotten used to using final cut pro. The more we have used the software the easier it has been for us to edit it successfully and exactly how we wanted our Opening sequence to be when we first came up with our initial ideas.