The Campout Final Edit

Preliminary Task

Evaluation Questions 1-7

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Construction: Editing process

Once all the filming had been finished we decided to start filming. This meant we had to import all footage from the camera onto the Mac so we could start editing. For editing we decided to use Adobe Premire Pro CS6. This type of software is particularly good as it allows easy editing and gives a wide range of effects, transitions and other features that allow you to develop footage even more.

Video Editing

Once we had opened up and started the program, we had to insert all of our footage onto the program. This just meant dragging and dropping all the footage from the camera and putting it into an area on premiere pro, as seen below.

After we had imported all footage we wanted we could start to add them onto the editing reel and put them in the order we wanted. When we were putting them in order we had to cut and edit some of the clips to make sure that it was only what we wanted out of the clip that we put on. For example, there could be a couple of seconds of a clip that we didn't want to have in it so we would trim it to make sure that it adds more and better continuity.

To make sure that the opening was as horror like as possible i looked at changing the colours within each clips, the main effect change within the opening are the titles. As you can see from the images below, the titles have a very yellow/green effect throughout that makes it creepy and spooky. We were inspired to use this type of titles by the film 'Solstice'. We not only took colour inspiration but we also implemented how they had use a mirror effect to make the titles more spooky and quite disturbing.

'The Campout' Opening Titles

'Solstice' Opening Titles

To get these effects we had to look for video effects that allowed me to change the colours and another which would allow me to mirror the clip.

 The different effect options above allowed me to change the colouring within the clips and the mirroring. I changed the input and output levels of black and white to make shadows and dark areas look more bold and dominant within each clip to make it that bit more scary and horror like. This made it much like the Solstice's opening again as they have very dark and dominant sections of there titles.

Another area of the opening i have edited a lot to show darkness within the clip is one of the last ones. This clip really represents a stereotypical villain as they have a weapon and you don't actually see the villain either. These are common horror conventions that you would expect to see within horror films as we found out in our survey.

During this scene I also changed the speed of the clip to make it more tense and add suspension. I did this by slowing down the clip to around 65.3% of what it would of normally been. This slows it down enough for the audience to experience the tension and listen to the suspense which has been built up.

Construction: Reflection On Recording

On reflection of our recording, we did happen to run into some problems along the way. These problems included camera issues, time management and weather.

First of all, as we started recording for the first time, it was going well with no problems at all. Unfortunately the camera ran out of battery so this affected a couple of things for us. This could of been avoided if we had ensured that the camera was fully charged. Also, we found that the camera we were using wasn't the best of quality so we asked for another and were able to be upgraded to a much higher quality camera which would really improve our footage.

Another thing was time management. This was the main problem within our group as it took a while for us to get all the people we needed at the same place at the same time. Some people could do a certain time but others could not. This lead us to changing our cast a bit to suit the times that were preferred to the majority of people.

A problem which I discovered during the editing process was that our dialogue is not the best. By this I mean some parts a louder than others and some of the actors didn't speak loud enough which means they are quitter than others. This can be overcome however by simply increasing certain clips of the film whilst editing.

Some good things about our filming however included:

• Same type of weather kept continuity.
• Actors kept same clothes for continuity.
• We didn't have to re-shoot any scenes again once we had finished filming.
• Secluded area meant we were not disturbed.

These factors all helped us to ensure our filming was successful and recorded easily.

If we were to film again however, I would make sure everyone was available and that they all knew when we were filming. This saves us the hassle of getting new actors in at the last minute.

Construction: of making tittles

 The image above shows how we have created titles for our opening. When making the titles we had to consider different things that would help to represent the horror theme within the opening. First of all we looked at the font it self. We thought it was best to keep the font as standard with a bold effect on it, just to make it that bit clearer. We had to consider how big we wanted the titles so we kept it at 51.0 font size throughout to ensure there was continuity. The font size is not the only thing we kept the same however as we made sure that every title was white. The white font makes it easy to read as it stands out and also can give a spooky effect when shadows are added. Once we were happy with our title we would add it to the specific part of the film where we wanted it to go.

As you can see fro the image above we have added titles to specific parts of the film and have added cross dissolve transitions throughout to make sure the film is fluent. As we have put the titles on top of the clips, this means that each title will appear over each clip, much like the example below.

 The table below shows the list of titles we have implemented into our film opening.