Preliminary Task

My Video from Amelia Pickering on Vimeo.

Sound Editing

I have added my soundtrack over my video and edited it to match when my titles appear to have a more dramatic effect. I am now going to search for soundeffects and possibly some news headlines like my teacher suggested to improve my cut.

Sound effects i'm searching for:

• Shovel digging
• scratching for titles
• Fake news reports
• children counting

Editing Update

Currently I am editing my rough cut completing all of the corrections my teacher has suggested:

1. You seem to be missing a credit for Universal (should be something along the lines of "Universal Pictures presents"
2. You could try putting white flashes between your various cuts, and possibly including more of a range of different shot distances with additive dissolves like you've done with the initial cuts
3. The shot of the girl on the swing could do with something doing to it (possibly jump-cutting with additive dissolves or some zooms?)
4. The credits work well in terms of the timing to the music
5. To a certain extent, this works very well. My one concern is that it looks more like a trailer than a title sequence. I think if you're going for a "Se7en" vibe (which it seems to reflect) the editing needs to be a lot pacier and snazzier. You might also want to think about making the titles a little more interesting (for example, adding some sort of effect to make them a little more intense). There needs to be a slightly clearer "through line" for the narrative. For example, some fake newspaper headlines - "Killer strikes again"; "body discovered in wood" etc.
6. Not sure about the bit at the end with regard to the CDC - doesn't seem to fit. If you go with the news idea, you could do a fake news report ("Police are still seeking the killer who has claimed the lives of a number of girls") type of thing?
7. The bit at the end with the title doesn't quite work; it needs to come in a little later.

Rough Cut - Any Last Words

I have finally finished editing my rough cut and its ready to upload. Hope you enjoy:




Rough Cut - Any Last Words from Amelia Pickering on Vimeo.

Title order

I have planned out my titles order here and today i've added them into my video. After some final refinements I will have my rough cut ready to upload tomorrow.

Title Order:

Universal Pictures Presents
In Association With New Line Cinema
Ellen Simms
Josie Macdonald
Casting By Judith Simpson
Costume Design By Colleen Atwood
Music By Oliver Simms
Director Of Photography Darren Wesley
Edited By Amelia Pickering
David Pickering
Produced By Arnold Koperson
Written By Ailsa Peel
Directed By Amelia Pickering
Any Last Words

Revisiting Music

My original choice of music was the Hush Little Baby Lullaby. However after having my video to look at in person, I now feel that this music is more focused on the Horror element, where as I want to focus on the Thriller genre. Therefore after searching for some new music today, I have decided to change my soundtrack to Mimic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtyuc2Rz2mQ

Selecting footage

So, today I uploaded all of my footage onto the media server that I had left to shoot.

These included my third forest scene and other shots that I had decided to shot after looking through my current footage. These included:

• The shovel in the soil
• Sunlight in trees - upward tilt 360 degree turn
• extreme close-up of eye
• close-up of dead hand
• map close-ups
• children's drawings

I have been sorting through them and organising them into bloopers/bad shots and then shots that would be effective to use. So far all I have all of the shots that I want however there may be a few extra that I will need to collect in the next week. I was worried that some of my footage would be wobbly; some of them are slightly wobbly but this is simply because i shot them with a handheld movement. I was forced to use this method in some of my shots due the the restrictions of the locations, especially on the forrest ground (which i can sometimes use to my advantage to create the jarred movement).

Third scene footage

I've been away for the week to Holland which was amazing but also gave me some ideal locations for shooting. Every morning there was a thick fog that covered the place we were staying so I was able to get some perfect shots for editing. I know feel like I have all of the necessary footage I need, however i may shoot some additional shots after i have my rough cut finished, in order to improve my opening sequence.

The footage I collected consisted of lots of close-up of the forest floor with bloody hands and big boots begging dragged across. I feel the footage was successful and I can't wait to add it into the editing I have already completed, to begin to finalise my final sequence.

Here are some of the photos from the place I stayed and footage i shot: