Acount of Post Production Editing

Week 1
Now that we have finished shooting our thriller we have to edit it using Final Cut. We have now learnt how to successfully check in and out of the Editing computers correctly by opening Final Cut-->Productions-->AS-->Guy's Class-->STAC1E then, click on the cog button which will allow you to check the shots out from the main computer.
We have looked through all of our shots and decided which ones we want to use.
We split the shots of the murder sequence and the advertisement into two seperate bins. In order to cut the different shots, you have to press apple I (represents IN) and to indicate where you wish to stop the shot press apple O (represents OUT). Moreover, to make it easier, we began editing the murder sequence.

We are using the same editing techniques as we sued for the preliminary task, although
editing it is proving to be alot harder as our footage is alot of complex and needs alot of special effects. The stabbing scene especially is very challenging to edit, as we are trying to create the illusion that Jason is being stabbed to death, when in actuality the knife was no where near him.
It is also hard interweaving the advert through out the opening sequence. But with the help and guidance from Matt we are learning many good editing techniques.

Week 2
We have now started looking for sound effects for the stabbing scenes in "Soundtrack Pro" most of the appropraite sound effects are from food. We then imported these sounds to Final Cut. We then continued to edit our shots focusing on the stabbing scene. We decided it should be fast paced to create tension. This would then be juxtaposed with the cheesey advert, the contrast would make the "scary" scenes stand out more and have more impact.

Week 3
We have now almost completed editing all our shots and have now started adding special effects. We have sorted through all the Non Diegtetic music on "Soundtrack Pro" and have settled on some very electronic Sci Fi music as STAC1E is a robot and it helps to create a creepy ominous mood. We have also added a Star shaped slide between shots in the advert to help create a cheesey and corny mood. We also found a cheesey song that accompanied the advert perfectly to help convey the chessiness of it all. This was played through out the advert. We muffled the sound of the music at times, like during the scenes of STAC1E in the kitchen, to make it sound like it was realisticly coming from the TV next door. Once we were happy with all our edits of the cuts we then transfered everything into High Definition.

Week 4
We then had to apply all of the special effects. We had to change the background of the advert as we shot behind a green screen. We found a great moving background from Photoshop, changed the colours to match our advert and then applied it to our advert. We then also had to place the advert inside the TV screens.
This was extremely hard but we eventually acheieved this through layering in Photoshop, and masking the TV. We had to dim the brightness and blur the edges to make it appear realistic. We also had to make the thriller title, which was made on photoshop we chose a very Sci Fi looking text and coloured it green which fitted in with the robotic feel of the thriller. We also added computer sound effects. We were then finished!