Preliminary Post Productions

The Rushes are uploaded to the Fianl Cut Server from which you can access and Edit Proxy of the raw footage which you can then open in Final Cut Pro to begin the editing/post production process.

• Continuity Editing is important for the clarity of the footage, such as: connecting all the same points to the storyline, to shorten space and time, to make the audience to identify with the right characters and to make sure the story makes sense.

Selecting and rejecting different scenes from the footage is important because there may be some better takes and some bad ones which may not want to be included. A way to do this would be to watch the scenes and cut every scene you want and finally putting it into a "Log Bin" which is practically a new folder where all the wanted takes are put in to then follow with putting them together. The next step is to find the "best fit" which is the process of putting together the same scene but with different frames, keeping the movement smooth by following the movement of the character. For example, a man picking up something, close-up on him reaching for it then close-up on the object and finish the movement.

• Organising the shots

We tried to follow the storyboard as much as possible. There was also the choice of shots to show which side the audience was supposed to be on. To do this, we did many over the shoulder shots from the bad guys side as if to show the other person were threatened by them. We chose the shots also according to pace and how to build up tension. In order to do this, we did quick cuts when tension built up in the discussion between the characters, this will give the same effect on the audience. We initially did close-ups of the characters to show their relationship and secondly building up tension by adding some wide-shots to show the situation of the scene. We cut from the door handle to her reaction in order to create a threatning effect. We decided to cut from her's to his close-ups at a fast pace to show the relationship between them in that moment.

By the end of our Preliminary task, looking back on it there were some bumps which affected the quality of the seqeunce. Such as: the crane shot, the short zoom on the body on the floor looked quite cheap and badly edited. There are some benefits about these shots seeing that we learnt new ones