Final edit

This is the Final draft for my A2 Film coursework, my short film which is 4 minutes and 13 seconds long.

Changing the Audio

The song I am using is slightly too long for the footage I have filmed and because I can't see a realistic or impressive video being produced with the audio clip I have decided to shorten the Audio by around 45 seconds, making it fit into what I have filmed. This is not a change in the song so the video will still match the song with it's rhythmic editing and alternative style.

Opening sequence & Film

This is the Final cut of my film with the opening sequence added to the beginning of the film, 'Obsessed'. The credits and sound are not added to the opening sequence yet.

Final cut with half the dialogue on the last scene.

I have taken the sound from the clips of the actor playing the character of 'Rory' and edited them over the clips for the last scene in my short film (which had no dialogue before this) the benefits of doing this meant that the sound is clearer and crisper than how the original sound would have been due to the wind and street noise. The only problem was that because the sound was recorded in a smaller room the reverb is shorter and the acoustic sound of the voice is different to how it should sound in a wide open space which the scene shows. to improve this what I have done is edited the sound in 'Premier Pro' and then changed the 'EQ' which makes the voice over sound slightly more natural in that location.

The over dub shots

These shots are for my A2 Film Studies short film. I will take the sound from these clips and edit them over the clips for the last scene in my short film (which has no dialogue) the benefits of doing this mean that the sound is clearer and crisper than how the original sound would have been due to the wind and street noise.

Structure for opening sequence

The opening sequence for my film is the newest addition and I hope that I can finish it in the small amount of time remaining, the best thing about a montage is that it can stretch out through a numerous amount of locations and time periods without confusing the audience. Because of the recent weather, with a dramatic increase in snow, I thought that filming would be near impossible because it would be an error in continuity, but the montage idea for an opening sequence means that i can film in the snow to create the illusion that the narrative within it happened before the film, which is not snowing.
The montage needs to have some aspects which show the audience what i happening clearly, such as:

• Fade in
• Allowing the audience to know the relationship started off happy, shown by the two holding hands and  walking together
• Showing closeness between the two, sat together, laughing, watching TV.
• The separation between them growing, sitting further away from one and other
• The faces of the two not being shown as happy anymore, or at least not the female's
• The two walking further apart from one and other
• The girl walking up to the boy, handing him a note, and walking away leaving the boy.
• The boys face as he reads the letter looking upset.
• Fade out

Music for my opening sequence

I have been inspired by 'raging Bull' 1980 to use the same backing track as the montage in that film, "Silvano: Barcarolle" (1895) as it is beautiful but also gives off an aura of sadness that sets the tone of the film.
The montage will need to be sad but show how happy the couple where and then by using techniques which were inspired by 'Citizen Kane' i will use mise-en-scene and cinematography to show how the couple grows apart and eventually splits up. The only difficult aspect of this will be trying to capture a realistic relationship between the two characters and how they fall apart.
My initial idea was to shoot in the style of home footage to show the closeness of the two characters and in the latter half of the montage show them falling apart, obviously I couldn't try and use the home footage style to show them falling apart because in reality you wouldn't film yourselves arguing or being upset with one and other if you're in a relationship. since then i have developed my idea to film the relationship in a home footage style throughout the entire sequence, I won't by insinuating that any of the footage is actually recorded by the couple themselves but by using the Steadicam technique  and adding a grainy effect in post production I will create the illusion of home footage and by doing that give the impression to the audience that this is their home relationship, it isn't usually for public display, this would be Ironic filming as it breaks away from the usual convention of filming and the filming styles used throughout the rest of the film. 

EXAMPLE OF GRAINY EFFECT AND MUSIC