Editing Process

So after 3 filming sessions, we managed to get all the footage that we needed - myself filming the whole time for 2 of those sessions. We were really pleased with the footage we got as it the shots that we got meant that we had a variation of different shots we could use for the same action and so if there were any we didn't like, we nearly always had an alternative to make the shot look as we wanted it to.

The editing process was fairly easy also, as we started to edit after each filming session, and so after we pieced together everything we had after the first filming session, we then knew what we had to film in our next filming session. In the moving image workshops we had every Thursday, we were able to get feedback from Helen and technical support staff on what we could better in our project and what they liked and disliked.

When we originally started to organise who would be doing what, we never finalised the roles of each person. My main roles were director and camera person. Along with Edward being a camera person for 1 of the filming sessions and organising the main character, with Grace organising extra actors and over seeing the project, while Emmy also over saw the project and taking a role in recording the sound.

The editing process I felt could have been split more evenly between the group, as Emmy was mainly in charge of the editing due to the project being saved to her account. I did take over at times when I could, if I had an idea of something we could add or if someone in the group didn't know how to do something. As I had drawn the story board, I wanted to stick to the original idea as much as possible, however as we were going through, other members in the group had other ideas as to where they feel scenes could be improved.

I had the idea for the introduction of the short film, where we would see a delivery guy bringing the box of sandwiches into the store, so we could get an establishing shot of Essentials and where the story will be based. I had the idea to put the camera inside the box, to which Emmy and Edward then had the idea to open the bottom of the box so that I could hold the camera inside and they would open the other end of the box to make the filming of the camera filming the box opening from inside much easier. I then had the idea for a white fade to over expose the screen as the box opened, to where we would then see the title of the film, and then we would have a white fade which introduced our main character.