Editing

When editing we created a log bin for our rushes so that it would be easy to access for the editing process. Our log bin was very significant as it would hold all the best takes that we had produced on the day of our preliminary task, as in doing this the takes that worked well would be easier to get to as they would all be in one folder. once we found the best takes we would then have to edit them by cutting the takes at certain points so that it would fit with the next piece of action, for example, going from a wide angle shot to an over the shoulder shot. Here we would take the wide angle shot and cut it at the point where we want it to change and then we would have the over the shoulder shot cut, using "Ctrl" "I" so that from that point we can drag it down to the time line and piece it together with the wide angle so that when you watch it back it would run smoothly from the wide angle to the over the shoulder shot. This is called "Continuity Editing"

Organising the shots we referred back to our story board to see which shots best told our story, the audience are meant to sympathise with the man holding the gun as he is being bullied in to shooting the victim, therefore he had more screen time and more close-ups as this made him look weak, but when he refused to do it, it made him look powerful, however we gave the woman who was persuading the man to shoot more over the shoulder shots and wide angles as this gave the perception that she is powerful at the beginning but then when she walks away she is given a wide angle as this shows that she has lost and makes her look weak as she walks out.

For continuity editing we had to make sure that the order of shots added up so that it wouldn't look strange for the audience, for example we would have a wide angle shot, followed by an over the shoulder shot, followed by a close-up, this would be so that it continuously flowed, as if through the eyes of the viewer and so that it wouldnt break the 180 degree rule. This controls the story as the flow of shots is very important to interpret how the audience will view it.

In the editing process to make an impact on the line of "Do It" we had a close up of the gun at the victims head, cocking the gun, then a cut to an over the shoulder shot of the man saying "I can't", the close up of the cocking of the gun was to make the impact that the victims life is at stake, this was also done to draw a lot of the focus onto the gun to show its significance in the story.

Here is a print screen of final cut pro