09/03/10

Editing:

Today we continued with our editing, however we found that our film was 40 seconds over the designated time, with one more shot still needed. We therefore had to painfully started to cut out shots we thought were less important.

Once we had done this, leaving enough room for the last shot, we finished of the title sequence by choosing a font for the opening titles. However, we had trouble here as well. We found that the font we wanted would only be in black, which would camouflage with the black background. So we experimented with different coloured backgrounds but they did not look very effective. In the end we ended up changing the lighting of the font to make it white against a black background.

We then began to add transitions between the flashbacks and the bridge scene to make it clear that they were memories. To complete the flashbacks we then cut out all diegetic sound and replaced it with non-diegetic music.

Whilst editing later in the day we realised that the last shot where the camera pans down from the bridge to the ghost and the dead body was not a particuarly shocking or memorable way to finish the beggining of our horror film. We then decided that we would re-shoot a new shot on the 10/03/10 to end the film with.