Editing: Reviewing and Refining

• After finishing the basic outline of our film opening I went through the editing to check for continuity and improvements in which could be made.
• When reviewing the editing I noticed a couple of clips which were out of place and lead to a lack of continuity.
• The main problems which had to be corrected was with the bridge scene.
• The first major continuity problem was that there was a shot of the killer walking towards the victim then after several shots including the victim walking and flashbacks the killer was back at the beginning of the bridge looking the victim.
• To correct this I had to switch the clips around as well as a couple shots of the victim as their position on the bridge was also not flowing continuously.

The 2 shots which were in the incorrect order.

• After continuity issue was that with the killer walking shot.
• The clip was shown after the victim has already gone done the stairs which was an issue because the victim was in shot. (This can be seen in the shots below)
• However this was corrected when I changed the continuity problem above.

• When going through the film opening I noticed there were too much of the same flashback shot used which I felt was too repetitive.
• Instead of filming for more flashback shots I used some old shots from my practical source of inspiration (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5w2quV8bzU)
•  I felt that this would be ideal as it is using the same location and would blend nicely in with the current footage.
• By using this footage I was able to break the repetitive flashback shots used with a couple shots of the location and bloody hands. (shown above)

• Another factor I looked for when reviewing the film opening was making sure that the most suitable clips have been selected.
• When reviewing the footage I came across several inconsistencies where there equipment or people in shot when they shouldn't have.
• In the example above, I saw that there was a tripod in frame which ruined the scene.
• To correct this I selected the blade tool (example 1) and selected the point in which I will cut the clip (example 2) which was where the inconsistency stopped.
• Finally (in example 3) after it had split into 2 clips I selected the first section and deleted it.

• In previous blog posts I have looked into the 'letterbox' style.
• This is where the video is cropped to a narrow aspect ratio.
• As finishing touches to the film opening I applied letterbox to all of the clips on the timeline.
• Before I used iMovie, in which I had to make it tailor made using a green screen effect.
• However in Final Cut Pro, it is one of the effect options.

• To apply the 'letterbox' effect to each clip I went into Video & Audio Effects and selected Letterbox which was under 'Stylise'.
• From here I went into the inspector and changed the border size from 0 to 5.
• I feel that by using letterbox framing it provides a more cinematic look and also brings out the colours within the footage more.

Before and After Letterbox Framing