Editing Task

Over our whole day of filming we went back to the editing suite and found that we had around 35-40 different clips of recording. We watched all of the clips through all decided not to permanently delete any clips, but to mark the ones we thought looked good and were effective. I discovered that main concepts in thrillers are mystery, and suspense. Keeping this in mind, we were looking at the clips that hid parts of people’s faces, so you can never see anyone’s full face, besides “Sofia” as she is our main character. We preferred the clips that had interesting shadows and we taken from interesting view points, like inside the car.

                We had to think about a lot of continuity editing devices, like which camera shots would look good next to each other. Opening the container we start with a wide angle shot and proceeds to a match on action close up of the workers hands heaving open the handle. This worked very well as it helps to build up the tension of what is inside the container. We follow the close up with a wide shot of the boxes in the container. This adds confusion of why the box is necessary and suspense about what could be behind it. As the audience knows it’s a thriller they will be sitting in suspense wondering why the signs or boxes are important to the movie.

                Pace was a big element in our opening sequence. As our idea leaves room for a dynamic pace that we can alter. Our pace starts slow as the workers are unpacking, this leaves the audience to know that we are at some sort of factory, and ultimately the slow pace is to catch them of guard when they see “Sofia” so the tension is emphasised. When we see Sofia in the containers, and when she is dragged out, the pace quickens with the introduction of tense, non diegetic music. A lot of the clips had to be re-edited and cut so they also fit with the new pace of the introduction, and worked to increase tension.