Editing the second set of filming - Part 2

With the absence of group members now starting to take affect, it’s important that we set our sights on editing as opposed to filming the last sections needed. Today we massively trimmed down each shot to really make it flow, and to good effect. We sped up the trashing the bedroom scene, and slowed down the section in which Becky throws loose papers into the air. This worked much better than we expected it to, however we are having trouble trying to edit the burning photograph sequence together. All in all that sequence lasts about 20 seconds, and we need to get across what is happening in about 4 seconds. We tried speeding up the burning, but it looks very un-natural and obvious that it has had a speed increase. We also tried fading parts and forced jump-cuts to pull the clip along but it still does not work and still doesn’t look right. We have to decide what to do about this when all group members are next available.

Apart from the burning problem, the editing is going well. We edited about 40 seconds of film to a standard we were all satisfied with, this met the time that we were aiming for, and so now there is much less of a panic surrounding getting the editing done. One interesting thing that worked well was the sim-card swirling around the sink. There is a section of the song that goes ‘I’m all messed up!’ At this point, Becky makes a swirling motion around her head with her finger. We faded these two clips together and it seems to work very well. It’s almost like Becky is stirring the water with her hand as the sim-card follows the basic flow of her arm.

We now just need to keep up the pace and bear in mind that we need to yet film the two remaining scenes.