Editing Blog

          Although I was not physically present with Amelia and to edit our footage, I stayed on FaceTime with both her and Maya the entire time. Amelia was editing our film on iMovie, which was ultimately beneficial. We all have edited on iMovie before so we were relatively familiar with the editing software. i Movie also gives us access to a lot more transition and image effects that Pinnacle Studios does not have. This will give us the opportunity to spice up our film and make it more appealing to future audiences. When it came the time to actually hop on the phone and edit together, we realized we needed more footage. Our transitions weren't flowing smoothly, neither were they coming together the way we imagined. Originally, I imagined our film to virtually be movie-like, with several cuts and effects in between scenes. However, it wasn't quite coming out this way. There were long pauses and we didn't really have a lot to choose from in order to at least try and fix it.
          Because we realized a re-film date, I am going to dedicate this paragraph to our re-filming ideas and how we are going to incorporate them into the final product of our film (meaning fully shot and edited). Firstly, the scenes we feel like we need the most work for are scenes 3, 4, and 5. This is because this is where the first suspenseful part of our film emerges. This is also where a tonal shift in our film is created. We need to make sure we choose the right music to effectively create this shift. We also need to make sure that we make the tonal shift in our film clear. We can do this by putting more emphasis on a certain sound when its time for the shift to take place. In order to effectively create more transition effects, we have to make sure we have a large selection of footage. This will make it easier for us to have more cuts in our film as well as make less room for mistakes. It will also shorten the time needed to finalize our project because we will have to do less re-filming.