Editing Post: Library Scene

In this scene we needed to show how the protagonist's mental illness is showing some slight symptoms including loud sounds buzzing in her ears and her being disorientated and unfocused. Therefore, whilst filming the footage we made sure to make the camera change from in to out of focus regularly and use POV shots to show what she is seeing.

1) I ordered the clips so that they were in a sensical order, with footage of her from a profile medium shot dragging her hands across the bookshelf, and then a close up of her hand on the bookshelf.


2) Using the speed tool I sped up the pace of the close-up clip to give a faster paced clip.


3) I split the close-up clip so it was faster as it felt a bit too long winded.

4) I insterted a full shot of her at the bookshelf, however decided that at this point I would like to replace the clip with a full shot of her putting her head in her hands to indicate the beginning of the loud disorientating noises in her head etc. Without this action, the next lot of footage seemed a bit sudden and out of place.

5) I then inserted the disorientating clips of the protagonist, including wavering POV shots of the bookshelf  and extreme close-up shots of her face going in and out of focus.

6) I split up the clips and chose which parts were most effective.


7) Then I cross cut the clips so that it would provide an eyeline match effect as the audience would see her face, and then see the POV shot.

8) I did this several times, to get the point across more thoroughly and also inserted a close-up, stable shot of the victim watching the protagonist, with her eyes tracking her movements, to indicate that she is being judged.

9) At the end I edited the three different angles of the vitim walking away so that it was smooth, using a graphic match of the victim in front of the camera in one shot with her in front of the camera in another, so that the transition would be smooth and effective.

10) Finally, I put the sound in, which was a crucial part of the scene. I chose the sound effectof a high pitched ringing sound and layered it with a white noise sound effect.


11) I split the sound abruptly whenever there was a shot of the victim, to show explicitly that the noises are all in the Protagonist's head, which was effective.

Evaluation

• The POV shots are interesting, the unfocused effect puts the audience into the psyche of the protagonist > fits in with the convention of 'perception'.
• The close-up shots of the antagonist are effective as the mimic the way that the protagonist would feel her watching.
• Contrast between the POV shots and close-ups are effective.
• Sound puts across the overwhelming feelings of the protagonist's illness.
• Location is effective as it is a quiet environment to contrast against the loudness inside her head, also shows her to be a thoughtful character.