Post 19: Post-Production Report

The majority of the work in the edit suite was completed during the filming was still in progress. Each time we filmed each piece of footage was logged, captured then edited. This meant when we finished filming completely we only had footage from that final day to work on in the edit suite. After filming the first two scenes successfully we found out when watching it over in the edit suite the sound was not turned on. This was a good learning curve however we could not use the footage to edit.

The first big decision made in the edit suite was made when group member Carolyn stayed behind after school to log and edit. She and Miss Shipp decided that the first and second scenes should have two different pieces of music integrating with each other. The two songs were completely contrasting with one being an upbeat rock sound while the other was a dark and mysterious sound. They integrated with each other when to help show the two different sides to our protagonist Lucieanne. Carolyn and Miss Shipp showed the final outcome of the two scenes the next day to the whole group. Agreeing it added an atmosphere to the opening of the short film, the whole group was happy with the outcome.

As we filmed more of the short film group members took turns in the edit suite. The group faced a few continuity errors which had to be played around with. One of them was the classroom scene. The problem we faced was with the teacher and the position he was facing in one of the shots. It did not match the following shots. Group director Emily's first idea was to fade the shot. This worked however didn't really make sense when watching the scene through. After a discussion with Miss Shipp and the group we decided to delete one of the shots to ensure the continuity worked.

After filming the three scenes we had left the group could finally concentrate on finishing the editing. After filming in the morning Emily got a good few hours of logging and capturing in before me and Carolyn joined her in the afternoon. After deciding to cut down a few shots and play around with the music we finally finished a rough cut for our short film.

I feel filming the scenes over a number of different days was not the best of ideas however in the end it worked out for us. As many of our scenes were in school we were only allowed to film 5 days a week until 6pm. This and ensuring our actor was free while having to find extras as well as booking the camera with many other difficulties made the whole process longer that what we first thought. The edit suite work was mainly done during the filming was still in progress, I feel if anything could be changed it would have been to film our footage in one day. This is because I feel the post-production work would have been done without having to worry about when the group is next filming.

Logging Rushes