In order to achieve the desired results of the director, the editing process must be completed with exceptional care, tweaking and altering individual clips in order to gain the best results. Editing involves working with each clip that is seen in the final cut, applying visual and audio effects to create more captivating footage and creatively form a seamless production that meets the requirements of the original plan.
Completing an offline edit is usually the longest stage in the production processes. Post production is where the storyline is brought to life through the initial edit, then additional features and effects will be added to keep viewers engaged throughout, in hope of bringing the story to life and having an effect on viewers. In order complete the edit, I had to place all raw footage on to the editing timeline, giving the first glimpse of the film outlook, showing rough timings and how it would flow without added special effects. Rushes had to be cut down to make every scene more effective and professional looking, and the individual audio clips were checked for sound levels, then linked to form one audio bar.
Creating Meaning
Meaning can be created and presented in film through a number of methods. The aim of most films will be to tell a story and thus present a meaning to the audience, examples of this would be through audio levels, type of audio and sound (diegetic/non diegetic), a variety of shots, and visual effects, helping to alter the pace and intensity of each scene.
The offline edit does not involve visual effects that would appear in the final production, however the initial stages are important in order to present the true storyline that was envisaged in the planning stages. Through fine cutting, I created the first offline edit, portraying the films storyline for the first time.
One way in which I created a meaning in the sequence was through putting together the montage scene. This included two flashbacks that presented exactly why the protagonist author was writing the novels and what instigated the idea to do so. This part of the film has one of the greatest meanings, helping the audience empathise with the author and thus feel more engaged with the film.
The offline edit does not involve visual effects that would appear in the final production, however the initial stages are important in order to present the true storyline that was envisaged in the planning stages. Through fine cutting, I created the first offline edit, portraying the films storyline for the first time.
One way in which I created a meaning in the sequence was through putting together the montage scene. This included two flashbacks that presented exactly why the protagonist author was writing the novels and what instigated the idea to do so. This part of the film has one of the greatest meanings, helping the audience empathise with the author and thus feel more engaged with the film.
Fig 1
The storyboard shown below relates to the scene in the timeline presented in Fig 1. The montage scene is set to include a number of different clips as a flashback to the protagonist's past, showing childhood memories and the two boys growing up together, then cutting to the day of a fatal car crash that separates the young friends. The storyboard image shows the first montage layout, with a number of clips overlapping the others, the editing timeline above does not include the visual affects added in post production simply the initial layout of how the montage will appear. Meaning is shown in this montage through the pace, firstly the young flashbacks have a slower pace, presenting a variety of shots from when the two boys were growing up, with calmer music in order to convey the happiness experienced from the boys, however the audio changes rapidly which then increases the pace of music and thus clips become shorter, raising the intensity of the situation and perhaps causing more fear in the audiences mind.
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