The Editing Process

The Editing Process

Having completed our day of filming, it was time to get to work on editing our footage to make our opening scene come to life. We had uploaded our footage and had begun assembling it all together. We, as a group, decided on a fast paced style of editing as this helps to build tension and create drama, which is one of the intentions and codes of our chosen horror genre. To do this, we inserted a mixture of long, establishing and close up shots in our opening which created a confusing effect on the audience. This technique – the kuleshov effect – allowed us to create a storyline with some arguably random footage. This could be classed as a cutaway shot as we see the victim panting but standing still during a lengthy shot of him running. This shows his reaction to the current situation with a short take.

On top of this, we have used a graphic match, where you cut from one shot to another that look visually the same. We used this when the murderer looks at his watch and it links to the victim then looking at his watch. This makes the audience aware that there is a link between the two scenes.

In some parts of our editing we decided to use the ‘continuity’ technique which allowed our footage to move in a natural way, which made our storyline appear more realistic. This is essential in the horror genre because the abstract storyline can sometimes appear unbelievable. 

We also had an out of school visitor come in who taught us about how to effectively create a title sequence using adobe after effects. This can now be seen in our sequence of footage. Whilst he was here, he helped us when it came to the colour correction of our footage so that our footage that we had filmed earlier in the day looked like it was later in the afternoon.

<-- A useful video that taught us the basics of editing on premier pro.

<--Here is a screenshot of the editing that we have done so far.