Evaluation of our post production

Once we had filmed our main task, we followed with long term editing sessions. In comparison to our preliminary task, the final task was far harder. For the preliminary task, we only used a range of three shots. Editing was not necessary, so post production was limiting.

I learnt more with the final production. I needed more skills and techniques to create and produce our film. I learnt how to create a story board. This helped my group to place our ideas in a chronological order. This encouraged us to develop the idea further and potentially improve the quality. I also learnt how to use the boom mike and the more technically adequate camera. All of us in the group needed these technical skills to be able to reflect our ideas into motion.

For the final product, editing was a large part of our post production. We learnt how to use Final Cut Pro. This programme allowed us to pick each shot individually and select them together. Eventually, after some work the shots we chose were placed together in order. From here, we edited the scenes together. Cutting sections of scenes, adding them in or deleting them completely were decisions that we had to make. Sessions in the editing suite were booked. Generally speaking, editing our film was a along process. Agreeing on shot types that we used and where to end a particular shot were always were the discussions took place; having said that, second opinions were very useful. I believe that as a group, we worked well together and I think we had the same sort of picture for our final product. Once the sequence was completed, we added sound and credits. To emphasize scenes, we added sound effects. The sounds were clips that are similar to those used in Hollywood’s industry. They added far more tension, and added an element of suspense. Diegetic sound was also used. We added air conditioning, so the film is never completely silent. I think if we did not add any ambient sound, the film would seem very stiff and dull. These sounds lifted the mood in terms of tension and thriller.

Our credits were added last. We had to stick the theme of fast pace and a tense atmosphere. The credits must always be quick and swift to continue the fast pace of the film. For ours, we incorporated the credits through out the whole sequence. We used plain, white font. I think this fitted best. Stereotyping, using a blood red detailed font would have produced a cliché sequence. Using a white font allowed the audience to see clearly the information given, on a dark background.