editing footage

once we had completed filming our footage we went onto premiere elements 10 and begin to combind each shot taken together and add effects to make it realistic. The reason that we went on here was so then we can cut down shots that we dragging onto long merging two shots so the carried on perfectly without any noticeable jumps.

the first shot had dragged on and it would come across and slow and boring to the audience if we left it to its rawr shot. Not only did the shot drag on during the middle section of the shot samantha the person in character in the shot looked directly at the camera and smerked which didnt look professional so we cropped it to a section where it wouldnt appear.

we then realise that we couldnt cut the shot after so it would work well with the first shot so we use the effect of fade out and back in with a 2 seconds blackness between them so it gives the effect of time speeding up and getting straight to a different point further on in the footage. this showed creativity and gave good effect than watching her continuously walking til she gets to the point of when things begin to happen

In the second shot she walks closer to the shot and the camera follows her. We then use a ringtone which i had used from my phone at the time than adding it in through premiere elements this ment that it was more reliable to work and more realisitc. The phone rings and you see her answer the phone and turn.

we then cut the shot so that it looked as if the shot was one whole one but the shot afterwards was close up shot which ments that we had more focus on her as she was the main focus in this shot and we wanted to hear her speaking. The problem which may occur is that when she began to speak to turned and looked at the horizon. When editing you can hear her but you really have to be concentrating.

we only shot  her talking and stopped it we then went to a medium shot as we watch her put her phone away and walk past the camera. then we follow her as she walks further and further away. we then use the faded out and back in to combind the next shot as we change where we are standing with the cameras so we are facing her front ward. In this shot we made reece the (pale one) stand in an exact spot so when samantha is standing there you cannot see him but when she walks her appears. we took the shot from a low angle so that the effect would work. This gave a creepy effect and its shows the audience whos there but she cannot see him she is oblivious.

we then do a low angle/ canted angle of her feet walking this changed the scenary and put more tension at the point we may include some sound affect because the audience have seen that there is something behind her which means there will be tension and to fit the atmosphere some sound effects would work perfectly. we cut it down so the minute she stop the shot changes and she automatically turns and looks back this could do good with some sound effects nothing to much just faded sound that will blend in with the shot. #