After all of our footage was cut down, we began to identify which transitions worked best between the various scenes we had. When we pieced some scenes together we saw that because a lot of our footage is subjective and contains our stalker simply looking at things point blank, there is not a great deal of movement and it looks a little rigid. So we played around with short 'Cross fades' between scenes, so it is not a very obvious transition but is a nice and subtle way to lead scenes and shots from one to another.
No film looks great without sound, so we were slightly concerned when we watched our film back without any sound effects and non diegetic music. However through using Apple software 'Garageband' we found plenty of sounds that were excellently suited to our film. As a transition from the end of the office scene at the beginning of our film to the train track in which our stalker appears to board a train to his work placement 'away' from home, in filming a bird happened to pass across the shot, creating quite a nice shot. So we searched 'bird noises' into FinalCutPro and stumbled upon a favourite amongst the list 'swallow' I felt this was an angelic noise which fit great with the empty traintrack we had. To use sound as a transition, we decided to begin the sound of the bird tweeting as Sarah is exiting the office and continue it into the subsequent scene, as a use of sound bridging.
"Now standing is the 15:38 train to Manchester Airport, calling at Thornaby, York, Leeds and Huddersfield. Please be aware that passengers are entirely responsible for all baggage. Have a safe journey."
We thought that this piece of voice over could be played alongside our footage of the trains at the train station, but also of us walking on the bypass under the station, where we would reduce the volume of the voice over and put an echoed effect onto it, creating the impression that we have gone under ground and it can only be heard distantly.
We are making significant progress with out editing and will soon be coming to the end (20/12/13) of our entire production, we hope that with our dedication and effort we can produce an excellent end product.
No film looks great without sound, so we were slightly concerned when we watched our film back without any sound effects and non diegetic music. However through using Apple software 'Garageband' we found plenty of sounds that were excellently suited to our film. As a transition from the end of the office scene at the beginning of our film to the train track in which our stalker appears to board a train to his work placement 'away' from home, in filming a bird happened to pass across the shot, creating quite a nice shot. So we searched 'bird noises' into FinalCutPro and stumbled upon a favourite amongst the list 'swallow' I felt this was an angelic noise which fit great with the empty traintrack we had. To use sound as a transition, we decided to begin the sound of the bird tweeting as Sarah is exiting the office and continue it into the subsequent scene, as a use of sound bridging.
As we could not find a suitable automated train cue voiceover to play for the announcements whilst I was in the train station (on Garageband) we decided to get the zoombox out again and create some of our own recordings. So Sarah (Played by Izzy) who has a very clear and eloquent speaking voice took the part whilst I recorded her. Me and Evie devised a short script for her to read:"Now standing is the 15:38 train to Manchester Airport, calling at Thornaby, York, Leeds and Huddersfield. Please be aware that passengers are entirely responsible for all baggage. Have a safe journey."
We thought that this piece of voice over could be played alongside our footage of the trains at the train station, but also of us walking on the bypass under the station, where we would reduce the volume of the voice over and put an echoed effect onto it, creating the impression that we have gone under ground and it can only be heard distantly.
We are making significant progress with out editing and will soon be coming to the end (20/12/13) of our entire production, we hope that with our dedication and effort we can produce an excellent end product.
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