Editing 2

We really felt that in this lesson  we used our time efficiently and it was extremely beneficial in completing our tasks which were set for today, as well as additional research and findings. Firstly we began analysing the rendering of our video, checking to see where we needed to make adjustments and experimentations in our sequences (luckily the video had successfully rendered which enabled easy veiwing of the video which made it seem as though the sequences were flowing into each other). Primarily we noticed after watching the full clip, that we needed to cut the end frame which entails a bear which is dark in contrast, as it didn't flow in comparison to the rest of the movie. After we had made this minor adjustment we watched it again from the start. Also Charley thought of having our title sequence at the end which does subvert traditional movie discourse but it could enagage the audiences attention more easily. Maybe when it gets to this section in the film, we could put in a recorded sound of Ana screaming as the title is apparant, to shows the possesion of Ana's character. It could also provide a more ambigious ending which is what our film is all about as throughout the film the watchers are constantly having to piece together the narrative, as the implicature is not clear.  Charley also thought of the  having our names alongside a characters whilst the action is playing, to just go straight into the movie, quickening the pace of our footage as well as clearly identifying who is who. This is because we are all playing characters different to our actual selves so the audience is able to distinguish the differences between all of our roles. As well as this it generally makes our film look more asthetic and professional. We thought that a good place to put them was after the frame where Ana and Zoe are slung to the side as this provides a sense of dubiety as well as introducing the start of the film.   We also decided on no credits as these are usually used at the end of the film.  We then reffered back to the idea of the old fashioned countdown  but werent sure as to whether it was a form of copyright, so we checked with Mr Oswick and he adjucated that it wasn't.  An input of a ticking noise of while this countdown is occuring. Instantly we found one which although different from our previous findings (this one was brown in it's hue instead of black and white) actually had more of an impact as had poor quality due to the static of the sequence. However it was very impressive and we really feel that if we can somehow embed it on to Premeire then it would really show that we have pushed boundaries (as at the moment we are not even sure that it is possible to do) Charley stated that instead of using it at the start of the film we could use it to start the dream sequence, to trick the audience into thinking its the end of the film but in fact it's only just began. We then borrowed headphones from Mr Oswick so we could listen to our footage and found that we needed to blank space our background sound. We looked at ' Broken Music Box' which was 1 minute 30 seconds, which we listened to twice and realised that it wasn't relevant prior to our film narrative as it was very harmonic and melodic instead of the sinister dark edged feel we were hoping to invoke. Next we looked at 'Haunted Music Box' (1 minute 31 seconds)  which on the contrary was  abominal despie being high pitched in it's tone but this made it seem more sinister. The use of the pace within it was profoundly clever as it was slow which like it's namesake seemed haunting and generally gives the audience an indication of the genre. We then listened to the audio of ' Scary Music Box'  that had  a steadier and faster paced rhythm with a mixture of what seemed windchimes and xylophones. Miss gave us valuable advice and said that personally she preferred the latter as she believes that a slower rhythm increases tension more than a faster one as it seems more negatively composed in repsonse. We agreed as we like the overall effect that it gave us, as it really emotionally challenges you, making you think.  Finally we looked at another audio file which was 'The Teddy Bear's picnic' Played on the accordian but after a few seconds of listening we thought we would just use the 'Haunted Music Box' as out of the three we thought this was the most relevant and frightening.