I have completed the editing process of my third draft. I have added scenes, added to scenes, edited sound levels and cut it, and have even begun the process of adding transitions and sound effects. Also, I have begun my editing my cold open and title card.
This is the entirety of my film. Purple boxes represent text and titles. Blue are clips. Green is sound. The grey boxes are transitions. As you can see, I have tried to make the first half of the film a bit more exciting as it was just my two characters walking around.
This is how I've organised all my media. These folders include footage, pictures and sound. This has helped me when I am trying to find particular scenes that I need to use. While not needed, it just makes the overall editing process a whole lot easier.
This is the title card and cold open section of the film. As you can see, I have two blank spaces that still need to be filled with woodland scenes. I have utilised Final Cut's sound effect feature and have added footsteps, heartbeats and a male breathing. The footsteps lead into the scene, the heartbeats are to signify that Nathan is having a heart attack, and his breath is there to tie it together. I did have Ronan do some heavy breathing but the file was corrupted. I also have a LF sound effect for the title card, which has an ominous impact.
This is the fob watch scene. I have added a very quiet ticking sound under the footage, just to add to the scene. It's not too loud or distracting, but instead ticks quietly in the background. I made the mistake on the day of not filming a scene where the Reaper puts the fob watch away. To solve this, I used a backup scene of the Reaper pulling out the fob watch, and just reversed it. This makes it look like the Reaper is putting away the fob watch.
This is the final scene for the film. The only change I have made is the addition of a 'cave and wind' sound effect. The howling of the wind guides the film to a nice exit, and adds to the atmosphere nicely. If I am unable to re-shoot the ending scene, I'd be happy with this.
So editing has been time consuming but worth it. The film is improving with every draft. Here is a full list of changes for this draft.
- New scenes. File scene and fob watch scene.
- Additions to scenes. Body scene, floor shot.
- Several sound effects. Heartbeating, footsteps, LF, ticking, breathing.
- Title card added to the film.
- Cold open to the film.
But I still have things that I need to complete in the fourth draft. Here is a list of new things I need to add.
- My music still needs to be added.
- Balance the lighting in the forest scenes.
- Film some woodland shots.
- Minimise the sound of the wind in the final scenes.
Reflective Comment:
I am very happy with my third draft. I feel that is my best draft yet. I'm making steady progress already to my next draft and therefore my final product. I know what I have to do to improve this draft and I know what steps I have to take to do this.
