Prelim post production blog

While logging shots we used created a log bin which was very useful as we kept all of our possible shots and multiple takes of shots in the log bin. This meant that all of our shots were in one folder and were easily accessible and viewable. As we had multiple takes from each angle we deleted the worst shots as we would not need them, the shots which were out of focus, over exposed, or had unwanted non-diagetic dialogue were deleted. We stuck to the basic storyboard of the original angle shots but then decided which other shots and angles would fit into the storyboard and kept them in log bin.


We decided on the screen shots to represent Jake as the victim, we picked the shots of Jake in which he looked like the victim, high angled or tilted shots, and the ones of Merhan in which he looks like he has the higher status, low shots. We gave both characters a roughly equal screen time together however we added an extra sequence after of just Merhan to show his higher status over Jake. Once we decided all of our shots to use we edited them together with close cut editing so each clip would run smoothly into each other and would fit with the next piece of action, for example a medium shot to a close up of an object of interest. We would take the medium shot of a face, focusing on the eyes, and have a match on action to an object by then using a close up of the object and piece the two shots together so when you watch it, it runs smoothly from a medium shot of a face to a close up of an object, this is called "Continuity Editing”.


I enjoyed the editing in final cut, we were able to select all of the shots and angels we liked best and effectively and smoothly edit them together so the story flowed easily. We chose as a group the order of shots to use, one particular shot which was important was the high angle shot of Jake to show his weakness and the cut to the close up of his face from a slightly tilted angle downwards when he refuses to ‘do it’. This showed his weakness and we could see his emotion with the refusal.