Editing Practice

22/10/15

Following on from my editing research, I fed back my ideas to the rest of my group and we decided to practice some of the editing techniques using a video from Kayleigh's phone to see how to do them and how effective they look. We looked at a range of transitions on Final Cut Pro which we thought would be effective in our trailer, here is the overall editing:

The transition would be effective to use to show Delaney's psychotic personality. We could do this by showing a close up shot of Delaney and then after the transition, an extreme close up show of her eye like I practised on my brother. This transition could be used at the end as 'a sting' like in 'The Conjuring' to frighten the audience and leave them remembering the trailer.

 My group and I have had an idea in the trailer to do a shot of Maddie watching TV and the TV suddenly goes fuzzy and shows a clip of Delaney outside the house on the screen. We thought this particular transition is effective as it looks like the electricity has cut off in the house after Delaney is shown on the TV which could suggest at the beginning that she is out to get Maddie. This will also shock the audience and make them wonder what has happened to Maddie now...

This dissolve transition would be good for shots at the beginning to show calmness in the equilibrium. I want to use slow non-diegetic music with this transition as it will put the audience at ease and create a build up to the horror.

My group and I have considered using this colour effect for shots of the dream to clearly make the audience aware that the certain shots are part of her dream. However, as we are making a trailer, we need to ensure that when we make our storyboard, we place shots in narrative order but don't give too much away, for example we will only show a few shots of the dream. Furthermore, this colour effect will also create an eerie atmosphere as it is a cold blue colour which creates fear for the audience.

We want to use the slow motion effect to show our female protagonists sex appeal in the trailer. My group and I have considered this in the home invasion by having a shot where Maddie turns around to see Delaney in her home. However when she turns around, we want to use the slow motion effect to show her frightened facial expressions but to also show her hair flicking and curves which will appeal both our audiences as women will aspire to look like her and men will want to see what more is to come.

This distorted/ flashing effect would be good to use in a shot of Maddie being pulled down the stairs in the home invasion to suggest she is in pain, fear and feels like she is trapped in her own home with no escape.