Re-shooting and Editing-

Re-filming:

So after getting feedback and giving our own opinions on our rough cut, it was time to make a few more trips to our filming locations to re film certain shots that weren't clear or as good as they could be. 

First meeting- scene 2: 

In this scene we had a few shots to add and re film. The first was when Mallory and Peter walk away and begin talking. We thought Kris looked like he was out of character and looking too much at the camera so we decided to re film this shot. 

Rough cut

Final Cut

When Mallory walks away from the Peter when he suddenly has to go, there is a jump between the two shots due to them not flowing and cars appearing etc. So we went out and re filmed this shot so that we see Mallory walk away, stop and turn rather than her go to walk away then turn suddenly. This will enable the shot to run smoothly and see the whole routine flow.

Rough Cut

Final Cut

Park Meeting- Scene 3

So this scene in this scene there was no real way of showing the different location and the scene just began. We decided to go to the location and film an establishing shot to help aid telling the audience that we are in a different place and at a different time. So with this establishing shot before the action begins it just sets the scene rather than just starting and her walking as if its a follow on of the same day.

One of the main shots that needed sorting was the tracking shot in the park. There were shadows from the camera equipment and one of the film crew and it was too obvious to cover up so we needed to re film. This was a longer shot to film as it took a while to set up and it needed to be a smooth running shot. After running the shot over and over we finally solved the problem of the shadows. It helped there was no sun to get in the way (sorry sun) and so we had no shadows the day we filmed.

Mallory's house- Scene 5:

All that needed adding in this scene to show that time had passed was a shot of a clock to cut away to during the time Mallory is doing work on her laptop. This shot enables the audience to see that the time has passed before she decides to research Peter.

Mallory meeting Alex- Scene 7:

This scene was all about adding in some shots of Mallory and Alex to show their emotions clearly to the audience about how they feel about meeting each other. These shots below were used to show how happy Alex and Mallory were about meeting each other and to suggest to the audience that romance between these two is inevitable (if it wasn't clear enough already). 

In this shot that was filmed, it shows Mallory and Alex gazing into each others eyes to show that a spark of love is here and that Mallory has finally found someone. The audience don't really find out but they are left thinking she's happier than she was earlier on in the day. Basically we just wanted to ramp up the soppy factor!

The final shot added was a shot to go behind the credits. The credits will go over the top of this shot to show Mallory and Alex walking off together, just like she and Peter did but this time it shows them continuing which I think will work well to end the film in the background. Them getting further down the path suggesting a long future for them when added in.

So these are all the re shoots of the film we made in order to make the film make sense just a little bit more. Now its time to move on to the editing of the film and we have a hell of a lot to do, lets see what we're up to.

Re-editing:

So we then got the footage and added that into the timeline. However this was only part of the job. We now needed to sort out all the sound and lighting for the film which is going to be a big job as you'll soon see. 

Lighting:

Within the film there are a few issues with the lighting within scenes. One of the main scenes is in Mallory's morning routine where we filmed on two different days and so the lighting changed. This problem as you will see was solved by just adjusting the exposure settings within the final cut pro x software. 

Before the exposure in the right hand side bar was adjusted.

After the exposure levels were adjusted to match the other scenes.

So in the right hand side bar there was an exposure setting which enabled us to change how bright or dark the shot was. By using the other scenes that weren't so dark and the right exposure, we matched this scene colour with those so they looked as if they were all filmed on the same day in one shot. 

Sound and Music:

We needed a way of showing the audience that Mallory and Peter were meeting on different days rather than through her clothes or the on screen action and so we decided that we needed different types of music for each of the days. The music style begins slow and quite sad to show she is alone in her life then each time she meets Peter her romance builds and the music blooms. Then when she finds out he's dead the music shows her sad and lonely emotion again but the moment she meets Alex a different style of music kicks in to show her life is picking up. Its almost like a roller coaster of music (english skills coming into play here).

So rather than it being just two tracks.... the sound ended up looking like this:

Addition of more than two pieces of music to show different days and emotions.

As you can see the tracks blend into each other as well as us adding in foley background noise to add to the outdoor sound and the typical foley that would be in the background if this were to happen to someone in real life, its more believeable. 

The missing foley sounds were added too into the mix to ensure that all the things that would make a noise when touched or used made the noise they would. This included changing the clock being turned off using a more realistic sound as well as adding in the dropping of folders and passing cars in the background. 

Transitions:

Another one of our problems was showing that the meetings between Mallory and Peter are on different days. So we decided a way to solve this was by adding in transitions between each of the days to show that time has passed. A simple fade out to black and then a new scene begins, will show the audience that Peter and Mallory are meeting on different days without suddenly appearing in a new location. 

The purple area on the image above shows the transition between the first day and the next day to introduce to the audience to the next scenario clearly using both the music and the transitions to do so which we think works a lot better with a clearer meaning.

Credits:

So we then added in all the names to the credits now we knew where we were putting them and had chance to think of made up names (its a difficult process you know...). We decided to do as suggested and add the credits over the top of the scene filmed where Mallory and Alex walk of into the distance (*reaches for the sick bucket*) and so the writing needed to be clear enough to read as well as being slow enough to fill the whole of the scene.

So as you can see the credits are added over the top as they walk off rather than having the black background we planned. Gives it a bit more of a story continuation instead of the same old boring credits!

Evaluation of re-filming and re-editing:

I think the re filming sessions went really well. We worked out exactly what we needed to add in so all we had to do was go out and re-film the shots we needed and run back home for some warmth. The shots we got were exactly what we needed to complete and improve the short film we have and really added to the emotions and storytelling side of the film. All of the shots now matched meaning there weren't any jumps between the shots such as the walking away from Peter scene where Mallory now doesn't suddenly turn round with a car appearing from her head!

The re-editing was a great success too, even more so really . The sound was where we were let down in our rough cut and so this was one of our main focuses. We managed to get all the sound level and in the end, even ended up re-recording the whole of the audio so that we were guaranteed level and clear audio without high wind levels (from outside..). Clearer audio meant a clearer understanding of the action going on rather than them listening to 'chhhhhhhhhhwuuuuuuuush' from the wind. The actual flow of the film compared to the rough cut due to us having the transitions to show the different days, the variety of music and the addition of the jump cuts to show the passing of time or the scene in which the characters are in. The lighting is now much better and clearer as you can see the characters and it also looks all one colour rather than the lighting changing from dark to light which just looked odd. 

So there is nothing more we can do, but hope our audience like the film. So watch out The Illusion of Existence is on its way!