Editing and Re-Filming Process (2nd Cut)

Here is an image of Georgia during our second editing process. For our second draft there were very few chances that had to be come in order for it to improve. The main changes included: adding in separate blanc screens for the names of the actors/actress', moving the order around so that it looks less fluid and more like a trailer not a film opening, add some dynamics to the sound to create more of an atmosphere and re-film some shots because of the audio of the location we filmed in.

As a whole, this didn't take as much time as we thought it would. The re-filming took a couple of hours then all we had to do from then was sit at the computer working with the software and piecing the footage together to make it look good and cut out the parts that couldn't be used.

Although this second process wasn't as time consuming as the first draft editing process was, I felt that this one was more vital and it needed more attention to detail for this one. The vitality of this process sprung on me as it had to be an improvement of the first draft and we had to added pressure if making it better.

Another difficulty, was deciding what font to use for the different blanc slabs between footage that provide the audience with questions that they will want to know the answer to. Upon receiving feedback, it appears we have decided on the wrong font so this will be changed next time. Also, relating to the black screens with the text, we wanted to add text transitions especially with the names of the actors and actress' so that it was engaging and the name didn't just boring appear and disappear on the page.

A final thing we had to change was the order of the trailer. This became quite fiddly because of the added sound and then trying to re-match the timings of the footage, soundtrack and voice over so that it still matched. The reason we had to change this was because the feedback from our first draft said that it looked too much like an opening sequence although the footage, camera work and angles were really good, it was too easy to follow a storyline.

In conclusion, the second process of editing was quite fun as we knew exactly what to improve and we had a base to work with instead of completely from scratch and we had an idea of how it was going too look in the end. We will now be working on the third draft.