Post Production 1 - "Focus of your editing"

 

Scrapped clips and replacements

With all the peer review received in the past, I decided it was for the better that I get rid of all old clips and all old content from the previous draft, and instead start a whole new project. I have first set up the sound and effects side of my film, by adding any sound effects or cuts I want on a template.

Next, it was time for me to record again new clips. I decided to work out on board how I want the film to develop, and thus recorded four different clips. Focusing on ground level shots, medium/low level shots, and one point of view shot.

The camera movement of one of these clips was steady, but the remaining clips remained a natural camera movement as I had no resources or well-elevated structures to maintain my camera in a good position to record both the environment and me adequately.

I took multiple clips for all four clips, edited those clips so they're shorter and cut out any errors, and then continued to adjust them on Premiere Pro so it fits a sizeable time frame.

Music & Sound

I was told my previous draft had a very good music track, but I still decided to replace this, because my film was now much more intense rather than sentimental. The old music track was not satisfactory enough to stay, so I added a different music track, copyright-free.

I still had a lot more work to do, but I added new sound files and pre-recorded a voice clip that I would try to modify to simulate the voice of a news reporter, I did this by using the mobile app "Free voice changer: funny sound effects, voice app", where I checked in the "About this app" information, and found no copyright-restrictions or use restrictions that would stop me from adding it to my work. I added all sound files to the project without organization, because there was still much more to be added to the visual aspect for me to have a good idea of how long each sound effect should last, or how long the music track should be.

I also pre-edited all sound effects (except the car crash sound effect, which is the only thing that stayed from the previous draft), with a sound transition effect so they would enter and leave the film smoothly and without overwhelming me (the viewer).