AS Media Studies: Construction: Post Production

Editing

Once we had uploaded our raw footage onto PremierPro, we picked out the clips that were of the better quality in order to use them for our opening. and dragged them into the order in which we wanted them. After we had done this, we cut the length of some clips in order to ensure that they were suitable and that match on action was constant. We had made a scene speed up to highlight time passing and that there is no escaping danger.

We then included transitions between different cuts to ensure that tit runs smoothly. We mainly used the transition dip to black for the flash back to show a passing in time. The sharp cut to the flashback offers no slow introduction to the death of Abigail.

Sound

Once the clips were placed in the correct order that we were pleased with, we then started by looking on Freesound for sounds that are constantly being used in horror films. We then looked at more specific sounds, such as a 'thump' noise that emphasises the victim's death by blunt force trauma. For example, we searched for sounds of watermelons being smashed to achieve an appropriate sound for when the lump hammer comes into contact with Abigail's head.

After we had found the sounds, we then had to use them to create a score for our opening. We did this by building up layers of different sounds and over laying them to add effect.

The score at the start of the opening is more sinister as it is following the movements of Eleanor as she plans to recreate the murders. The use of piano and violin creates an ominous atmosphere which is what we are aiming to create. The score changes when the chase scene is in process, to highlight the change in mood as the victim tries to escape the imminent doom. For this, we included more up tempo music to shows the adrenaline rush that she is feeling.

Titles

We had messed around with the placement of our titles and where they should appear and decided that they should appear on the darkest part of the screen as the font colour was white, and so that it would be more visible to the audience.