Editing- Day 1

Editing

Today we began to place our videos onto Final Cut Express and tried out certain effects (blur transitions) to see which ones we can use in our montage. We also placed our music on with the heart beat and overall we are very please with how it sounds. 

Character Profile- Ensemble

Character Profile

Gender- Males and females

Age- Various ages

Unit- Family unit (aunties,granddads,grandmas,cousins etc.)

Personalities Overall- As the setting is a party they will all be very bubbly, upbeat and chatty to also disguise the girl so she stands out.

The ensemble will not be shown clearly as they are going to be part of the distorted and out of focus montage so we don't need to write them all out in detail as we are hardly going to see them, just close ups of their laughing gestures and glasses of wine things you would normally see at a family dinner party.

Character Profile- Ophelia

Character Profile

Name- Ophelia
Age- 16
Gender- Female
Ethnicity- White British
Personality- she is very timid and to herself which creates a contrast to her true self which is very powerful and authoritative.


Ideal Appearance
Eye colour- Blue
Hair colour- Blonde
Skin colour- pale
Clothing- Average everyday clothes with elements of white in the party scene and all black in the murder scene

Casting the actress

The Main Character

We decided it was easier to choose someone who was in our group as we didn't have to worry whether they would be able to make the shooting dates and stuff. Firstly, Devyani was willing to do it however we realised the different ethnic backgrounds would be a problem and would count as a continuity error as they would not look like a family (which is what our scene is). So I decided I wouldn't mind doing it and it would also come more naturally as we are filming with my family. Similarly, I do drama outside of school and have done for 10 years so it wouldn't bother me if I had to be in our opening sequence.

Music

Music Choice For Our Opening Sequence

Diegetic Sound - at the party scene we are using ambient sounds to contrast with the murder scene. However, both non-diegetic pieces will be playing as well the ambient sounds and therefore  it will create a distorted montage which i feel will add to the psycho genre.

• Characters laughter at the birthday party
• Clinking of glasses 
• Blowing out candles

Non-Diegetic Sound

• http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400004  (our song)
• http://www.soundjay.com/heartbeat-sound-effect.html (heartbeat sound effect)

Group Communication

Communication

In order to make sure everyone knows what is going on when, we decided to make a group chat so we could message each other with any problems we had, or deciding what dates we could all do to film. This group chat has really enabled us to work well as a team and really helped with knowing what was going on.

Camera Editing Practice

Camera Editing

The other day we were given the cameras and my group took the time into practising certain shots that we wanted to use in our piece, and then we edited them together using specific effects such as slow motion, cross fading, dissolving and an oval iris to make it look more polished and professional. Lastly, we imported some light-hearted music into the background and worked out how to fade it out and in which was useful. Just to mention, when i published this to YouTube, we realised the song we chose had some speaking over the top of it  our video but it is not intended to be there so please ignore it.