Overview

Thoughts and feelings?

Now that I have finished my first project I look at the my opening and see all the things that went wrong in my opinion.  Once  I get my feedback these will be the first areas I improve as I see the following went wrong;

1. In the middle of the opening the frame was not in the in the right place.
2. It is a little over the 2 minute mark.
3. Some of the audio doesn't correspond with the speech (however not very noticeable)

But in the on the other hand there were some aspects that worked well. These were the areas I did not have as much trouble in.

1. The transitions worked.
2. The heartbeat flat line at the end looks effective.
3. The slow motion clips add to the being created.

At first final cut pro was difficult to get with grips with, I had trouble importing clips and sound but it took a while of getting groups and countless youtube tutorials as well as written tutorials. However being quick to learn I got to grips with Final Cut Pro. There were also a few times were I lost all my work so I had to start from scratch twice. But with all that said and done it became easier and easier to edit using Final Cut Pro.

As for my sound track, my first track was made but I felt that it did not really fit with the genre/mood I was trying to portray.

Character Profile 

Full Name: Delilah 'Del' James 

Age: 16

Height: 5'7

Weight: 65 Kg

Ethnicity: Afro-Carribean

Emotional Background: Traumatic

The Editing Process

Why did I not film during November?

During the month of November my main focus was to film and to edit. By Mid-November the main bulk of my filming was done, however because I was filming both my cousin and my sister I could only film during alternate weekends. Meaning the shots I took had to be close to perfect and there had two be at least 5 shots for each frame which proved quite tedious when filming in streets as we had to be careful of cars and pedestrians. I also had to make sure the camera was relatively close to the area being filmed because there was not access to a boom used in professional productions which means that some of the speech has to be recorded again because there were other elements which effect how clear the audio is.

There is also the last bit of filming that has to be done. As the bulk of the filming has been done, the main story line is present. Now all that needs to be done is the tweaks, for example there is a frame at the very start where  was filming in the mirror and because I was filming the reflection when my cousin turned around you see her in the view of the camera.

What is left to do?

The only things I have left to do is to make the adjustments to the whole clip which include;

1. Add the Institution logo
2. Film the missing clips 
3. Adjust the audio
4. Edit the opening one last time

Once these five things have been adjusted and finished then my film opening will be ready to upload and ready to upload.