To start off with, the clips were imported onto the software and I placed them into bins to organise them and de-clutter the workspace. Putting all of the clips into separate bins helps me a lot as I can navigate the clips quickly without having to search through all of the clips. I then used my storyboard and my script to decide what shot I wanted to start off with first. At first I put all of the clips together in the sequence and once they were in the correct order I colour corrected them.
I had previously added on my storyboard the duration of each clip, so I knew how long every shot would be. However, I knew the durations would changed during the editing process as some of the shots may have been too short or too long.
Before adding in any transitions, I left a gap between present day and flashback, so I knew where the transition would be. The hardest part about the editing was finding the correct transition and effects to use within the flashback scenes. At first I made the flashbacks looks brighter and eye-catching to make it look different, and I did this through the levels in the video effects. Once this was changed, I decided it didn't make much of a difference, so I changed the colour to black and white instead. I felt this clearly showed the difference between present day and flashback, but I still thought it needed a transition between the different clips.
Before adding transitions, I added an adjustment layer on top of all of the clips in order to make the colour more natural and constant throughout the whole video. I adjusted the levels and the three way corrector in order to make the colours look natural and bright. I did this for both the present day shots and the flashback shots to keep the brightness roughly the same in all shots. Then I added the black and white adjustment layer to the flashback scenes, and adjusted the levels to make the shadows a bit darker. As a transition for the flashbacks I decided to use a 'Flash to Black' transition. I chose this as I felt it would show the flashback well and also it flowed well with the flashback being shown in black and white.
When it came to looking for music to go over the top of the two minutes, I didn't really know what to look for. At first I thought about using a mysterious sounding instrumental but the few I found didn't really go well with the story. After testing out a few other musical ideas I decided to keep the audio simple and have sound that would show the atmosphere within the wood shots and the room shots. Having no music helps create a natural ambience as well as creating a bit of mystery in which the audience wonders what is going to happen next.
I added a title to the beginning of the two minutes using the font 'AppleGothic'. I chose this font because it looks quite modern and adds in with the teenage age range. I chose to put my title in white as I felt it stood out more against the background and it's clear for the audience to see. The title was placed in line with the fence seen in the opening shot. This was done because I wanted to make the title clear while also keeping the shot tidy and not too busy, hence why the title is at the bottom to the right side of the screen.
Some of the audio clips didn't really work with each other; they sounded quite jumpy and didn't flow very well. I found an audio transition called 'Constant Power' and it helped make the audio sound smooth and it helped it flow nicely along with the clips. I used this transition quite a lot within my opening scene as I found it useful and it helped create a nice atmosphere within the opening scene.When adding text to go along with the messages being sent to the two characters, I used the same font as the title which is 'AppleGothic' as I wanted to keep the teenage age range clear. I made the messages that Clare receives pink and the messages that Steven receives blue, while also putting a bubble type shape behind it and decreasing the opacity of the white colour. I made sure to add a text tone audio clip into the scene as I didn't film one before hand, and I need it to be heard clearly so the audience knows they have just received a message.
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