Becky: Editing and Rough cuts.
Throughout the raw material, different shots from close ups to long shots have been used to make the film more intriguing. Each shot has a purpose for example close ups allow high quality detail to be visible but less objects are present in the overall shot, this draws the viewers concentration to that specific object. As well as this it keeps the surroundings a secret. In contrast long shots are the opposite and allow the viewers to be informed where the location is and what the surroundings are like.
After the filming has been completed and it has been transferred to the editing software, a rough cut can be produced. A rough cut is when all the raw footage is packed together in order to give the editor a taste of what the film may be like, also to be able to see if there are sections that need to be changed. The footage can be altered and improved by editing, shots can be shortened, extended as well as crops and zoomed into, this can enhance the quality of the footage, however the gaps can not be filled by primary footage that is non-existing. Editing can only be used to enhance raw footage not to create it.
We put together rough cuts for the same purpose and discovered that we were missing something; the film did not have all the crucial camera shots needed to make the film more interesting.
We had no choice but to plan another filming session, this time the footage will include all the camera shots we previously missed out.
Overall Feeling.
On a positive note the footage that we have gathered was superb and matched our initial idea of a ‘film inside a film’ brilliantly. As a group we are very pleased with the footage we have so far, combing it with the extended section should bring the whole film together successfully.
The contrast between the period drama scene and the ‘current’ (today’s) scenes are extremely noticeable, from vocabulary to style the variation between both eras are clear, and I believe that the way we have presented the two periods has enhanced the differences.
