Editing

Firstly we uploaded the clips we had taken, onto the school macs. We then selected the clips we wanted to use and merged them together so they looked right (this was made easier by us filming it in the correct order). Once we made our two minute piece we found suitable music to go with it. However we realised later on that we should add music last as otherwise it would be affected when we did editing for the titles.

The next stage was to add titles. Matty was feeling better at this point and had the software at his house to add the titles. We selected a graffiti style text to suit the crime genre of the film. Matty then added the titles making sure there was a constant pace between each name (every other clip). He also made it so the chasers ran in front of the names to look as if the names were written on the walls. I went to his house to see how the editing worked and I also had a go at making the names 3D.

Finally we uploaded the edited version of the film onto the macs and re-added the music. For the chase we had tense/fast paced music to get the audience straight into the pace of the chase. We then had a heartbeat sound start as he came to the phone box which carried on through the title of the film and onto the shot of someone opening their eyes. Finally we had a sharp explosion noise (similar to the "Lost" opening shown earlier on my blog) as he opened his eyes to end our piece. We added the final clip of someone waking up as we were told our piece may lose marks for looking too much like a short film rather than an opening, therefore we showed the beginning of the next scene.