Editing

To edit our film we used; Final Cut Pro on the Macs. Our editing initially was quite simple, we had to cut the scenes, put them into the correct order and delete any unnecessary footage. After we finished doing this we realised we needed a few more scenes filmed to make our film flow better and to allow enough time to add a voiceover. We used this as an opportunity to add some more editing techniques. We filmed a scene of a group of people walking through the 6th form door, as if walking to school. We then edited this to speed up and be 4x as fast. This gave the effect of time passing and fit nicely in our film. We also edited another scene to be sped up; where Charlotte is walking through the corridor towards the camera which is tracking with her. This suggested time was passing quickly and gave us the opportunity to add a voiceover at this point in the film.

Another use of editing we used was Transitions, we did this to keep it interesting and flow better. One example of a transition we used was a slide. We used a split screen when the two sisters are putting on their mascara, and got them to both slide in. This is also when the title appears. The transition on this scene made the title stand out and appear important.

We used split screen in a few scenes to show the girls were both getting ready for school at the same time, it was also useful in our film because it meant we could keep our title sequence and opening scene under the two minute requirement.

We also had to edit the music in our film. We had to put the music in the right place, making sure it fit with the scenes behind it, we also had to alter the volume at certain points within it to insure you could here the dialogue in the film. We also had to get the first song; "Clear" to fade out and be replaced by the second song; "Loving everything I find" to fade in at this point.