Post 9: Post production report

To capture our footage we connected our camera to the computer and captured the footage on the editing suite. We then as a group went through the captured footage (rushes) and wrote down the; shots, takes, and we decided if we were going to use it or not, we did make a few mistakes during filming when it came to our acting skills so this did help us decide what we could use.
After we had gone through the film and named the rushes we then began to edit the film, using the notes we had made earlier when capturing the film. We then went through the footage and cut the clips we wanted to use the logging rushes helped us with this because we were able to find were one clip started and ended and what we no longer needed. We did this until all our clips were put together in a rough cut.

In code	Out code	Scene	Shot	Take	Description	Yes/no
00:00:03:11	00:00:12:06	1	1	1	Charley walking into the library	Yes
00:00:12:10	00:00:18:22	1	2	1	Charley is in the library walking towards the table	Yes
00:00:19:04	00:00:18:22	1	3	1	Bobbi calls Charley over	Yes
00:00:25:06	00:00:22:05	1	4	2	Bobbi calls Charley over	No
00:00:22:11	00:00:30:02	1	5	1	Charley walks towards the table	Yes
00:00:27:13	00:00:30:14	1	6	1	Charley sits at the table and starts talking	Yes
00:00:30:14	00:00:34:04	1	7	1	Bobbi leaves	Yes
00:01:12:14	00:01:40:06	2	1	1	Charley and Katie talk	No
00:00:34:06	00:01:00:06	2	1	2	Charley and Katie talk	Yes
00:01:00:06	00:01:04:07	2	2	1	Charley begs for forgiveness	Yes
00:01:04:04	00:01:05:22	2	3	1	Charley runs out	Yes
00:01:06:04	00:01:10:01	2	4	1	Slams the door	Yes

Our group then went through the rough cut to check if it actually made sense, of course there were a few problems and we had to edit parts out that we had missed. For example when filming we counted to three and used the clapper board each take before we said our lines, so we cut out the pauses and the image of the board to make the footage flow better. Luckily because of our location we didn’t need to edit the sound as you could hear everything clearly, we talked about having diagetic music in the background but we thought it would take away from the script and so we decided against music.

We then began to add in some effects, such as strips in the beginning of our film and a cross fade effect at the end of the footage. We then created opening credits and end credits with a black background and white writing so there would be a contrast so the writing would stand out well.  
Watching over it I’d say that our group did do well when it came to editing however we did come across a problem in our final product yet we were aware of our mistake and in our future task we will make sure the same doesn’t happen again.