Editing Process (Rough Cut & Sample Shots)

I'm am now at the stage of editing my project. The recording of the project took me four days, this meant I exceeded the time originally planed for n the Shooting List.

The recording took place on the roads of Wem and in a field about a mile outside of the Wem area. I had decided that in order to keep a sense of mystery about the opening I would only used sound such as dripping and a phone call instead of the more commonly used background music.

I have used Final Cut Pro to edit my footage and Adobe After Effect CS4 to create the Row 51 production screen, to do this I am going to follow tutorial a off of the website Video Copilot. I am

also going to use After Effects to create the main title.

Below you can see my rough copy of my production and some sample shots. The sample shots where taken to see how the final shot would come out.

Sample Shot

Rough Cut

Animatic

I used more story board to create an animatic this gives me and the viewer an idea of how my final project is going to look.

Risk Assessment

Hazard	Yes	No	Severity of risk	Likelihood of injury	Persons at Risk	What precautions have you taken to eliminate the risk
Are the technical crew competent	Yes		L	L	Joel Wright	All operators to be briefed on operation of all equipment.
Tripping Hazards	Yes		M	M	Joel Wright	Make sure any trailing wires are either taped in place or moved where none will trip on it.

My Shooting List

In this post I will include my recording timetable, this will show me when I am going to complete the different sections of my production. Also there will be a list of any equipment that will be required to complete the recording. This should help the recording procedure.

Day 1 Recording List

What is the Scene?	Where is it going to be filmed?	Date?
Door Scene	Home	4th Dec
Phone Scene	Home	4th Dec
All Car Scenes	Home, Station Rd, Whitchurch Rd	4th Dec
Conversations (Audio Only)	Home	4th Dec

Day 2 Recoding List

What is the Scene?	Where is it going to be filmed?	Date?
Digging Scene	Providence Wood, just outside Wem	5th Dec
Walking and Running Scenes	Providence Wood, Wem Alleys	5th Dec
News Report	College	5th Dec

Day 3 Recording List

What is the Scene?	Where is it going to be filmed?	Date?
Dripping Scenes	Home	6th Dec
Blood Drops	Home	6th Dec
Titles	College (using Adobe After Effect)	6th Dec

Equipment Needed

Day 1

1 X Camera

1 X Tripod

1 X Car

1 X Actor

1 X Phone

Day 2

1 X Camera

1 X Tripod

1 X Actor

1 X Transparent Container

1 X Letter

1 X Briefcase

Day 3

1 X Camera

1 X Tripod

1 X Fish Tank

2 X Lights

1 X Red Blood Mixture

My Thriller Narrative

In my production we are following the life of a man, who's family have been taken. We begin by seeing some drops of something and just hearing the sound of the drops. These shots fade in and out, separated by the Titles.

During these scenes of droplets and tile we see a man running down a alley, this makes the audience wonder what's happening: what are the droplets and who is the man. The whole thing continues until the final drop which is red. The screen then fades to red which in turn pans out from the side of a car. Then there are a couple of scenes while the phone conversation goes on, these show the man receiving a case and driving to his destination.

Then conversation then stops and the man starts walking down the country roads. He reads a letter left buy the man on the phone. This is while mans voice is reading it for the audience. He then starts to dig and throws the case inside. The audience are then moved to a point of view shot from the case as it gets buried. The spade gets thrown into the ground and instantly the news report starts about some one being missing.

Treatment of my thriller opening

My Thriller Opening

Sound Track –

The sound track I am going to use is the sound of something dripping, the dripping will be every second and will have about 50% re-verb to give it an echo to it. This soundtrack will remain until the fade to red scene. At this point the natural track of the car and person will be played with a phone conversation over the top.

Title sequence for“Row 51”

Blurred cinema is shown in the background while the title is displayed


Video –

Scene 1-

The first scene will begin with just blank, the first credits will begin to come up and stop when the black backing begins to fade. The sound track will be playing at this point

Scene 2 –

There will be a Fade transition into a video of a pool where a drip keeps falling into it causing ripples (this will be with a black background); these drips will hit the water at the same time as the soundtrack. M/C

Scene 3-

The pool will fade using a fade to black transition, and then the next set of credits will appear using a fade transition.

Scene 4 –

In this scene we use another fade transition, the credits will stop and the black will fade to a video of someone walking down an alley. L/S


Scene 5 –

Using a Fade transition, the video of someone walking down the alley fades into a close up of a one of the droplets. The camera follows the droplet until it hits the water. E/C

Scene 6 –

The camera moves to a bird’s eye view of where the droplet has hit and then shows the ripples moving out. The title of the film overlays the video of the ripples. “Every Last Drop!” appearing one word at a time. M/S

Scene 7 –

Now in this scene the images begin to flicker: static, person walking down alley (different shots). At this point the only other sound you will hear apart from the dripping it the static noise (white noise, in moderation)

Scene 8 –

The Flickering slows and stops then it fades to black the final credits is displayed.

Scene 9 –

The title fades and the droplets continue for about 3 more drops. The final 4th drop is then dropped and it is red. C/U

Scene 10 –

The camera cuts to an image looking through the glass bows where the droplets have been falling, and the 4th droplet hits the water then spreads in the water like blood. C/U

Scene 11 –

Fade to RED transition

Scene 12 -

Red turns to side of car as it pans out, Sound of a phone ringing begins

Scene 13 -

Cuts to a shot of a phone ringing

Scene 14 -

Cuts back to a shot in the car, Ringing stops

Scene 15 -

Shot of Car Key being turned, phone discourse starts

Scene 16 -

Car drives off

Scene 17 -

Cuts to a door swinging open and a case on the other side

Scene 18 -

Shot of car driving down the road

Scene 19 -

Cuts to a shot down the side of the car

Scene 20 -

Car pulls up and a person gets out with a case

Scene 21 -

Phone call cuts off, and cuts to a picture of the man walking down a country lane

Scene 22 -

Cuts to scene of person walking up to a gate

Scene 23 -

Man picks up a not and reads it, Person's voice from the phone reading it

Scene 24 -

Cuts to the man digging a hole with the case next to him

Scene 25 -

Man throws the case into the hole and begins burring it

Scene 26 -

Cuts to the man throwing the spade into the ground

Scene 27 -

As soon as the spade hits the ground it cuts to a news report.

Thriller Title Sequence Analysis

The film I have chosen is called 'SUR LE SEUIL' this translates into English as 'Evils Words'

At first you notice that the background is flickering and jumping ll over the place, this makes the viewer feel uneasy because they cannot focus on a specific detail because it keeps moving.

Through out this opening you can hear the sound of metal clags and drum this is non-diegetic sound.


The next thing that can be seen is the Titles begin appearing and just like the background you can just read them but they're flickering like the background. Then we hear the first diegetic sound, this being the knifes swiping each other. This sound adds to the viewers curiosity, as they are wondering whats happening.


After the flickering continues for a couple of seconds a spot of red appears on screen and it begins flickering lick every thing else on screen. The viewers are now trying to connect thing and may presume the red is blood. Then there is more diegetic sound of someone screaming and now viewers are wondering does this have something to do with the sound of knifes and the red.


Just to make sure viewers have made the connection between the red spots and the sounds a background video fades in showing people screaming and cowering in a corner. The viewer now knows something has happened to these people and its going to play a part in the film.


The red spot continue flickering on the screen and start growing, this may be associated with blood splatters.The opening finishes by continuing the flickering but introducing scratches and more graphic scenes of screaming, blood and people running.

After looking at this thriller opening I am considering using mostly diegetic sound apart from a phone call that the viewer can hear. I feel that there is to much movement within the titles and is does not give the viewer much time to read them. I think that during the creation of my thriller i will over lay the title onto a video instead of just a black background. And finally I am going to increase the amount of footage by actually showing a part of the story line instead of just showing flickering images.