17/02/17

We came in again to continue editing, this time focusing on titles.



The problem that we spoke about regarding that one title that wouldn't move we eventually fixed by using a very straightforward solution, pressing enter to bring it a line down. Honestly that frustrated me as we spent so much time trying to fix it when the solution was simple.

16/02/17

During the half term Morgan and I came in to edit our work, mainly focusing on the music. Yasmin couldn't come.

Voice-Walkthrough Vlog

We decided to create this vlog to explain and justify why we have edited the opening sequence in a certain way.

10/12/16

We have completed our opening sequence and uploaded it to YouTube.

Exporting 22/02/17

Morgan and I attempted to export our movie multiple times. First we did it in 1080p but the quality did not look good. The outline of objects were smudged and it looked as if there was a filter on it. Morgan suggested it was because our filming was done in dim lighting, so the camera could not film using its best quality. However, our film looked better on iMovie, so we believed we could try and export it again in hope for it to be clearer. Plus, one of the titles wasn't completed and the talking parts were too quiet at some parts.

We fixed these problems then exported it in medium, instead of 1080p, but we couldn't open it in quick time, it only opened in a different programme mocha AE CS6 (Adobe after-effects). So then we exported it in large and I managed to open it in quick time but the timing of the light-switch was off. The sound came two seconds before the action. Also, the placing of the title with Morgans name in it had moved upwards, and we attempted to bring it down but it kept bouncing up. Instead of clicking the button to bring it down, I just pressed the 'enter' button to bring it down a line and it stayed there. Life would have been easier if iMovie just allowed us to move titles around, however we solved this problem. Finally, we have all the titles where we want them.

Now we exported it in 720p and this time the light-switch sound happened at the right time and the credits were in the right place. The ringtone did not sound loud enough though, so we exported it one more time in 720p after turning up the volume of that one point. Now the ringtone is quiet in the first part and loud in the second, so we had to export it again after fixing this by raising the volume in that point.

Editing 17/02/17

During the half-term, Morgan and I came to school to edit our work and Yasmin didn't come. First we broke up all the audio of her and I talking so it would be easier to place it where we wanted. We then successfully layered the sound. At some parts, it sounded too loud so we lowered the sound of some of the speaking parts, but it sounded messy when the handheld clips played, because we had the orchestral music, the diegetic sound and the recording of Morgan and I speaking. To overcome this, we got rid of the sound in all the handheld clips, except the first one of me on the slide. This is because the music is very quiet at that point and there is no voice over. Also, in this clip we are laughing and this shows the contrast between the fun the girls were having to the serious situation they are now in.  Another part where we got rid of sound was the panning of the inboard as we diegetic sound isn't needed there because there is no movement of the detective.

After we finished with the sound, we noticed our sequence was only 1:41minutes. We added another clip of the detective underlining the fact that Yasmin had problems with her dad. We wanted this to stand out because it may confuse the audience and make them question whether her dad had anything to do with her disappearance.

We were only up to 1:44, and still needed 16 seconds. Morgan had the idea of having a blank screen and audio playing in the background, so I added another handheld clip and put a black screen over it and played this for 8seconds. 8 seconds may sound like a lot but it gives the audience time to take in whats happening even though they can not see. The clip we used is when we say bye to Yasmin just before she leaves. The fact that the audience don't see her leaving intrigues them as they want to have the full picture as to what happened. There is one second of silence at the end of this black screen and we did this to mimic her kidnap or disappearance as we don't know what happened, no one was there, like it was done in silence. We also added 8 seconds at the end for the title to come up. 

Editing 01/02/17

We tried to add the audio of Morgan and I speaking about what happened on the night, but we couldn't add that audio while the Orchestral music was on it. We googled how to do this but nothing came up. If nothing worked, our idea was to make the opening sequence without our speaking clips, and then create a new project in iMovie, enter our opening sequence then layer another audio piece on top, even though this may decrease the quality. 

Meanwhile we decided to go through the clips from the park, as some parts are too loud which makes that part of the sequence uncomfortable. There is one handheld clip of Morgan and I walking but it starts when Yasmin is finishing off her sentence, which makes it sound harsh and confusing as you don't know what she was saying. 

The last clip of the sequence has the sound of a light switch being turned off and after that there was some sound which might've been the camera moving so we cut that part out. Morgan suggested that we make the switch sound louder, so I split the clip of that one sound and attempted to make it louder but it didn't sound good as we couldn't select the part only with the click. Later on I tried it again using a different method. Instead of splitting the clip I selected a part of the sound waves and increased it to 180%.

When Miss Foster came in we asked her and she showed us how to fix it by dragging the audio to the specific part we wanted, instead of it covering the whole sequence. This way, you can have more than one audio file playing at any time. We tried to do this, but the sound didn't match up the way it did last time, and we have somehow also lost 10seconds of our footage. Before, it was quiet when the phone rings, but now the loudest part of the song has matched the phone call and you can't hear the phone ringing anymore. 

Editing 25/01/16

Last lesson this popped up on our screens and we didn't know what to do so we just ignored it. On the 25th we went back to edit, and everything we had done had disappeared. It was so disappointing, but thankfully Morgan wrote down everything we did while we were doing it, so she read through that while I edited it, following her instructions.

After re-doing our work, Morgan and I went to record our voiceovers. It is a verbal witness statement taken by the police when we reported the incident. We previously recorded it before but Morgan had the idea of me speaking, then Morgan, then me, then Morgan etc. instead of me saying a paragraph and then Morgan saying a paragraph. Therefore, we had to record our witness statements again.

We learnt how to use the recorded Miss Foster provided. There was a setting that allows it to record from both sides which is what we needed because we were sitting opposite from each other with the recorded in the middle of the table.

 

 

Editing 20/01/17

This is the second time we edited our work.

We uploaded the clips of us in the park and worked out what clip goes where. We had a lot of footage as we recorded about 15minutes overall, but we only needed 10-30 seconds of park footage. The first park clip we put after the detective has pinned up a picture of me, about 10 seconds into the clip. We didn't want to start the clip with a park clip as we wanted to introduce the detective first. I edited those clips to last a maximum of 3 seconds as we wanted them to be short, like a quick glimpse of the past. Sound wise, we kept the audio on those clips. If we got rid of the audio, the clips wouldn't show the full picture. Even though they only last 2 or 3 seconds, the audio is a huge part of it as it shows the girls having fun as if everything is normal. 

Then we started editing the detective clips. The panning of the pin board was quite long so we broke it up and placed other clips in between. Also, some of the pictures on the onboard were too dark so we cut that part of the clip out. We also did this when it panned over a plain part of the pin board. 

Although we had reached 1:55 minutes of footage, there is one scene where the detective is just looking at a paper, flips it and then eventually pins it up. We didn't like that part as it looked unnatural and the shot was too long, so we cut out 7 seconds of that clip. 

When we watched our clip again, I realised that the transition between the first and second clip sounded funny. The natural sounds of both clips didn't fit well together and it sounded choppy. In the trial opening sequence Morgan made, hers didn't sound choppy as she used a different clip of the detective sitting at his desk in the beginning. However, we didn't want to change our clip as in the one we had he moved restlessly which shows that he is working late at night. Morgan and I attempted to fix this problem many times but it didn't work, until I realised that if I cut of 1 second of the end of the first clip and the start of the second clip then it sounds natural and not choppy. 

There is a shot where the detective underlines a part Yasmin's information sheet, he moves a little and the line is not straight, which makes it look weird. Also we couldn't re-record that part as he wrote it in pen. What we did is cut it so it only shows him underlining before he moves.

After all our editing we only reached 1:43minutes. We tried to add more par clips but Morgan said that they didn't make sense where they were placed, and that if we added more they would be overused. Therefore, I had the idea to slow down some of the clips. I changed all the panning videos to 85% speed and the rest of them to 90%. The reason why i only did 90% for the rest of the videos was because it was natural movement and it would look off slowed down. As the clips were only slowed down by 10% or 15% it didn't make much difference to the way they looked. I asked Yasmin after I did this as she wasn't involved in this decision and she saw no difference. After we had finished the opening sequence went up to 1:51minutes

The Call

'The Call' is an orchestral piece that Morgan found for our opening sequence. It is Royalty Free which means we can use it without the owners consent.

It starts off quiet and crescendos until it reaches the peak at about 1:13 and then at 1:30 it goes quiet again. My favourite thing about this song is that it starts off with a quiet piano which gives a sense of calm. As the crescendo builds up, violins are added which slightly makes it more intense. Then a cello is introduced which is a deep, rich instrument that makes the intensity rise and helps crescendo and build up the piece.

All of this will help bring suspense to our piece and engage the audience. I want the tension to rise as the audience is watching our opening sequence as it fills their minds with many questions. Who is he? Who are those girls?

The clip is 4:19 minutes but obviously we won't use the whole clip, so we will cut it at around 1:50 as thats a quiet part containing only piano. We plan to time the music to our opening sequence so that it goes quiet when there is a non-diegetic sound of a phone ringing, so that the audience can hear the phone ringing. Also, the fact that it goes quiet makes the audience wonder what is going to happen, and then the opening sequence ends, which makes the audience want to watch more to find out what happened.

Along with this, we will be playing voice recording by Morgan and I. They are voice recordings which were taken at the police station, a few days after Yasmin went missing. This is all the non-diegetic music we will use as if we have more it may become distracting and also sound messy.

Editing

Wednesday 18th January was our first time editing our 'detective title sequence' on the mac. We went through the footage and picked the scenes that were needed. We also added music which was found by Morgan. We still have to put the park footage onto the Mac, but we will do that next lesson, so we left gaps where we needed to put them by splitting the clip. 

Rough Edit

After we finished filming Morgan made a rough version of our opening sequence to make sure we had good shots. If we didn't then we would've re-filmed but this wasn't the case.

Now we need to import all the footage onto the schools computer to edit in iMovie.

When editing we plan to add more clips and take some out, but this is the rough version we will base our work on.