Production Blog: Re-edit

 Good Evening, last week I had my friend Abril peer-review my film and yesterday I finally made my edits. As I stated in the pervious blogs, Abril said my video was quite choppy and although I fit all the clips within the time limit my video looked a little bit rushed. This was really eating at me so I had Alyssa and I re-film some running scenes. I did this to ensure myself that the video would run more smoothly than before and to make sure my film looked like we spend more than 20 minutes editing it. Once the re-shoots were complete I placed them into spots where they were needed. Once they were placed I went in with the editing techniques. I first considered Abril's suggestions and changed the size and color of my titles. I made the titles a tad smaller and made the color a blood red. This was a really good tip because it added a pinch of creepiness to the film. Abril's Critiques weren't too long and time consuming so it left me time to begin the creative side to our editing. I started with the music. I wanted a beat that was dark and ominous but also had rhythm or fast beat. I wanted to choose something like this because at the start of my film, there was suspense and once Chole sees her stalker she runs away which is where the fast beat come in. Finally after a couple minutes of searching I was unable to find a song that met my requirements so I split it into to. At the start I had the dark and suspenseful music and keep it until the scene where Chloe runs away, I added the fast and action type beat for the rest of the video. This surprisingly worked very well and I had no issues with it what's so ever. After the most crucial parts of the editing were competed I began to add new affects that match the re-shoots and re-films. I was having major creative block because I had no idea which effects to use. I wanted to make sure this video was perfect so I facetious Alyssa to see if she had any ideas. Thankfully she did and knew exactly what she wanted to do. She wanted to go easy on the effects and heavier on the transitions. When I first heard this I was positive it wasn't't going to look right but I wanted to see her ideas. I let her work on it and after about an hour and half she sent it to me. I had no confidence what's so ever but once I saw it my jaw-dropped. It looked really good and I felt bad because I had so much doubt. The transitions were flawless and I really enjoys watching her creative work. The editing throughout the film made our acting looks ten times better.