Editing Practice

Editing Practice

When we filmed our first scene in the church location, we were unable to film at the best lighting time.  This resulted in a brighter light than we had wanted so we would have to make it look darker in the editing process.  So to prepare for the final editing I imported some of the church shots into final cut pro and went onto the colour panel.

In order to make the shot seem darker I experimented with the toning.  I made the shadows darker which created silhouettes of the trees and bushes.  I also made the mid tones and highlights darker to change the general colouring of the shots. 

I then imported some of the woods shots.  As we filmed these in the dark using torches to create an interesting effect, I found that we had to increase the brightness so you can see more of the scene.

By moving the shadows, mid tones and highlights up on the exposure part of the colour panel the picture brightness increased and more could be seen.  

In conclusion I feel that the church scene editing went better than the woods scene.  Decreasing the exposure was much more effective than increasing it.  More work will have to be done on the woods scene to increase the quality, maybe a night vision effect would make it more interesting with the torch light.