Behind the scenes, unused shots

As said in the video, we have filmed this scene in two different locations and that has helped us to develop the best possible lighting. This is a good way of development because we were able to trial and error this scene which means that if something didn't work out in the classroom, we were able to fix it in the drama studio.

On the other hand, the mise en scene in the drama studio wasn't the best because all the posters were visible and that took away from the mood of the scene. Nevertheless, we still tried to make it as appealing in the post production as possible.

Editing decisions

For me, in the post production of creating a opening sequence the trial and error method allows me to create as effective clips as possible. There is a lot of different tools that I can use to create different effects.

This is the beginning of the post production for me. On the right hand side you can see the different transitions that can be used, for example the "bloom" transition, in my opinion, creates a good effect of a flashback when used at a rapid speed.

A little bit above that the effects window is visible and it is used for more specific visual and audio effects. For example the colour match allowed me to, more or less, make the lighting in the shots similar. Also, I found the transition tab very useful because it allows the user to create zooms and pans which is extremely important for such opening sequence.

This is the final version of the editing at the end. There are a lot of sounds that are disabled because they were extremely loud and didn't suit the entire theme of the thriller. Nevertheless, some were still used if it was possible to remove the background noises enough. Overall, the rough cut is around 1:55 minutes and uses transitions, effects, key frames and zooms to make it as effective as possible.