Editing Session: 4

This editing session took place on the 1st of February.

Our aim for this editing session was to complete the editing for the sound effects that Sam downloaded in his own time using the same site we used last year, PurplePlanet, as well as Youtube. I was supposed to find some more fast paced music to layer over the action sequence, however I have been pre-occupied with my ICT coursework and so haven't had time to fully gather the amount of music I would like to present with the rest of the group and experiment with in Final Cut Pro X. In light of this we will experiment with and add the music in our next and final editing session.

Sam began the editing session by importing his three sound effects and downloading the Film 4 Productions short video to add to the beginning of our trailer. After doing so we remembered that we wanted to add the Green Band trailer statement and quickly found a suitably sized image on Google that didn't blur when the size was edited slightly. We thought it best to place this before the Film 4 Production short clip at the beginning as this was still and if we'd placed it after the Film 4 clip I thought it would've disrupted the flow. Once Sam had synced the music, Nichole, up with the Film 4 Productions clip, he then went on to adding the bang sound and layering it to take place with the flash transition. I thought for continuity's sake that it would look a lot better if the flash transition and the bang sound effect occurred whenever the drug dealer appeared and said something.

After this we went to add the heart beat sound effect to the drug deal scene on the fade transitions ,however after experimenting with this I thought that it didn't sound right  and then Sam and James understood what I was hearing and went with my suggestion to place the heart beat throughout. I then thought it would be a lot more tense if we increased the speed of the heart beat by duplicating and putting them closer together as Shaun handed the drugs to the client.

  














The last thing we needed to do was add the sound of glass smashing, to the shot where Shaun hits an enforcer with a bottle of beer, that Sam found on the internet. To place the sound file as accurately as possible Sam zoomed in and placed it just as the bottle hits the enforcers head. Once it was in position we watched it over a few times and then lowered the sound of the smashing to make it more realistic. Now all we need to do to complete the trailer is add the fast paced music that I will find in my own time.