Editing.

After finishing shooting, we then started editing. We had to capture the film from the tape by using the firewire, and using I-movie on the Macs. We ended up with about 5 minites of footage. To start with, we took rough cuts of all the shots- this meant we decided which shots to use, and cut out any begginnings, ends, or distractions which we didnt need. We arranaged them on a timeline, and then fine tuned the cuts we had made. During this, we fitted together the match-on-action of movements, as well as 180 degree rule, the shot reverse shot, and our other shots. We also cropped a few shots- luckily, the programme resizes the shots so the size isnt jumping about. After the basic cutting, we worked with the light in ecah shot. We took the satuartion down in each shot, which made the colours black and white. However, we noticed that we didnt want this for some shots, because we lost the connotations with the red dress, or the colour of the bridge. So, we altered teh stauration for each shot abit- this creates a sephia look, which makes the film look quite old fashioned, which is quite effective. We also lowered the light or contrast to make the shots more dark, to create silhouttes. However, this did give us the problem that we were losing details, so we needed to heighten exposure, which worked against the darkening of light. In each one, we decided what levels suited the situation best, and used that. We also took all the sound off, because we deceided we did not want the noise of the camera,(which is hissing, and sounds horrible) and we are currently deciding what music or not to put on the top.