Construction Post 6: Reflections on Edit Week 2

I think this week was a lot more successful than last week as we were all more confident and had a clearer idea of what we wanted to achieve. For the titles and grading we had a demonstration from our technician to show us how it was done and then we were free to experiment with our footage ourselves.

We used Procamp and Three Way Colour Corrector to edit and grade our shots as shown to the right. These were very easy to use and allowed us to get our desired effect.

I experimented with the colour on our shots. To the left is a photo with red and blue effects which created a purple tone. Grading was also very time consuming but I enjoyed seeing the different atmospheres and effects we could create.



This week we decided to move our titles and make them into a montage with our beginning shots. Before, as shown below, our titles were on top of our shots so did not break up the action but after looking at the trailer for 'Seven' and 'The Black Widow' we decided they would look better if they were cut up and placed between the shots where Stacey is getting ready.

Before.

After.

We used the Mac Book in order to create these titles and make them look more professional. We could use a software called Live Type to put special effects on our titles so they flickered rather than just came on screen and then off. I think this flickering effect created a more mysterious atmosphere which is the aim we had.

Monica and I working on the grading and titles of our shot in
our allocated editing slot.