Finishing Editing

Today I have finished (sort of) editing, although this doesn't include music, titles, or the two missing shots I still have not found! However I have finished ordering, cutting down and editing my shots in order to create a full flowing short film. Apart from the obvious, I feel that editing has been successful, and that any problems have been resolved (unwanted items in shots have been cut out etc). There are a few problems that I have come across on finalizing the editing process which I will need to think about.

Things I need to think about:
- What I am going to do about the two missing shots
- How am I going to shorten my film - it's 1 minute too long!

There are a few things I have changed from my original story-boarding and ideas. Firstly, I planned to have photographs of the sketched shots displayed after the time-lapsed shot of the image being sketched. When I tried to put this all together, however, it seemed relatively clear that it was a photograph, and made it all look a little unprofessional, a bit like something made on iMovie or on a Powerpoint presentation! (not what I wanted to achieve!). Instead, I simply used the cutting tool in order to detach the end of the time-lapsed shots (600%), in order for the last few seconds to be of normal speed (100%). This allows for the audience to be able to see the finalised image clearly in order for the filmed shot to be recognised.

As well as not using the photographs, there are a few filmed shots which I decided not to use all together. At the end of 'reminiscing', the boy folds up the paper he has been drawing on, and originally, was going to leave the room, before the camera is cut back to the folded piece of paper where the credits would then come up. However, I have decided to cut out the scene of him leaving completely. My film is already too long, and the shots of the boy leaving don't really add anything to the film. It all looks equally as fine if the boy simply folds up the paper and the credits roll up, without him leaving the room.

Also, after discussing with class mates, I have decided not to use a sepia tone. The overall view I got was that it makes the shots look less crisp, and less original. I am happy enough with the overall look of a normal colouring.

Photographs of the sketched shots (not being used)