Re-Edit

To re-edit was a crucial step. I now needed to re-edit my film according to my peer review. First I cut the scene of the bathroom out. I felt that this scene was too long and served little development to the storyline. This scene was 30 seconds which took up a quarter of my film. Although this scene was difficult to edit and a hassle to film, it took up too much time. The scene was a split screen and was already sped up to make it shorter. Next I cut off a portion of the scene where Juliana is tying her shoes. An extra 8 seconds were spent solely on her walking into the room. This unnecessary footage made the film too long so I removed it. Next I fine-tuned the cross cut conversation to be less choppy and more fluid. Next, I made the establishing shots shorter as well as changing the transitions. This made it more fluent and allowed time for the viewer to get an idea without stalling. The re-edit portion is important to the whole storyline. Therefore, I need to go back and change the storyboard. These changes were due to my peer-review saying that the film wasn’t clear. The re-editing took approximately twenty-five minutes. Overall, I think the re-edit made the film more fluent and clear. 

ReShoot

With all the footage I collected over my two film days, I have come to the conclusion that I don not need to reshoot. Although some scene were flawed, I can edit the errors away. The scenes i filmed took multiple takes so I have excess footage. I had a couple scenes i planned on reshooting some scenes for clarity or speed. These clips include the bathroom scene, walking scenes, and some dialogue. I had originally planned on reshooting some scenes than a pandemic called COVID-19 spread across the globe leading everyone to self quarantine. The reshoot was scheduled for March 19, but quarantine started a week prior. It was not suggested to leave or be in groups. This pandemic has caused complications for all groups and their projects. Luckily, I filmed before hand ensuring I had enough footage to create a film. This lead to complications in my timeline for the film. Due to these complications it is not an option to get my group together to film. Although I have my own gear and equipment, i cannot connect with my group mates. As a result i have to utilize editing to get a different result. According to a  peer’s review, the footage was well but the storyline was confusing. Therefore, I need to make my film more simplistic so a viewer is more clear. Although the reshoot didn’t get to happen, I believe I will be able to make a film that will still be fluent and cohesive.

Editing

Editing this film was stressful. First I reviewed all my footage, deleting bad takes and organizing all the good clips in a folder. This made the footage easier to access. Then, I imported all my footage onto my editing software, iMovie. Once i imported and arranged all my clips, my film was six minutes long which was three times the maximum length. I immediately knew that I had made huge mistakes. I thought my film would end up being too short but I was far from correct. I then discovered that iMovie had no way of adding a split screen. Due to this I downloaded multiple apps to find the best one. By using an app called Split Video Screen, I was able to create the split screen scene. I added the split screen scene to replace the original footage and that got me down to four minutes. To shorten the film, I had to maneuver the the clips. This includes clipping and speeding up the clips. I could not do this to scenes with dialogue as changing the speed would distort their voice. I got my film down to 3 minutes but then I realized one scene still needs additional editing on to when a voice over is made. I then used the instrumental downloaded song on the footage without dialogue. I altered the volume on different scenes to erase external noises such as side conversations or cars driving. Editing is simple on iMovie, but because it is so simple, I had little creativity when it came to transitions and in-depth editing and trimming. The editing process took me about an hour and a half.

Filming Day- Continuation

             For my next film day I filmed again at my friend Mariapaula's house. Once we got there I printed the photo I needed for the filming. I first filmed the scene of Emily tieing her shoes and reacting to the photo. I needed to rip the picture up in half as well as drawing a gun. This scene was easy to film as I just needed to half a shot oh her walking in a bedroom and begin tieing her shoes. I then got a close-up shot of the picture on the wall. I got a reaction shot of Emily looking at the photo, then I got her putting it back. This scene was filmed twice and was reshot due to acting mistakes or unclear directions. A high angle shot in an aerial view showed her grabbing the 'gun' off a counter.  The next scene featured Darwin spraying cologne and following a similar sequence. He sprayed the cologne on his chest, grabbed his wallet, and a photo fell out. I filmed a closer angle of him picking up the photo and went back to the medium shot. Then he proceeded to put his wallet back in his pocket. The next clip showed a different counter, with Darwin placing the cologne down and grabbing the knife and exiting. This scene gave us difficulties because the location was dark. To fix this, I resulted to using a flashlight to lighten up the scene. We had to use different ways we can to lighten up the foreground of the scene. The final scene I shot was the photo album scene. This scene had Darwin opening and looking at a photo album. He proceeded to shut the book dramatically and walk out the frame.

Peer Review

            For my peer review I looked at a group of three guys; Jorge, Jack and Alex.They were prepared with a film that fell between the time frame. When I watched their movie, it was well produced. The titles matched the genre of action-thriller. The letters were red and uniform and they came in a suspenseful way. Half of the necessary titles were included. Although the titles such as produced by, director of editing, etc., was included the names were not. The editing was well done as it was fluent, cohesive, and logical. The film angles did not vary that much though. No high or low angles were in the film. The story-line was clear; a robber breaking in and getting ready to kill someone. The music matched the clips, as they built suspense and created an anxious mood. Although there was a score, there was also digetic sound such as walking and car doors. No was dialogue was in their film though, which would have been helpful to a storyline. There was a pan establishing shot of a street and of the front door. The location and theme were well-established from the get-go. The most interesting part of their film in my opinion was the use of the trunk shot. The use of this scene was what clearly established the story and provided some foreshadowing. Overall, their film had some errors but it was an overall well-done film.