My task was to edit some of the footage that we had shot already for the final opening to our film. I choose to do the church scene. I imported the footage into final cut, and cut any talking between the media group and the actor, Rebecca's sister. Then I cut the footage so that each shot was not too long, I used the blade tool to do this. this made the sequence look more effective and professional as there wasn't any shot that was too long.
To make the cuts between each clip of footage smoother I added a cross dissolve to make it not look like any jump cuts had been used and therefore less amateur.
After this I looked for sounds that were already on final cut to use to make the footage sound more like a horror film and conform to the conventions of a supernatural horror. I added the clips where they would be appropriate and layered lots of different sounds on top of each other. To make the sound flow better I used lots of short clips of sound and gradually decreased them in volume each time so that the change would not be as noticeable.
Finally I added a visual effect to the footage to make sure that it was not as bright and made the main character look quite ill.
Overall I think the effect of the scene work very well. The sound work well together and the absence of speaking is not very noticeable. The sequence looks quite smooth and looks very professional. To improve could try to use our own sound effects that we have created. Unfortunately this footage did not save which meant that we had to re-edit it.
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