Paperweight Edit | Development ~ PP

To start the paperweight edit, much like the other two edits, I had the script and shot list in front of me to see what shots I had got during the shoot day and what order they all go in.

Compared to the other two videos, I decided to start with the voice over, rather than the visuals. I did this because the visuals for this video weren't set in stone, and I thought by having the voice over done first it would help when deciding what shots to put where.
I split the voice over into sections and spread them out across the sequence timeline to make them sound natural together and to make them sound smooth throughout the video. This gave me a good idea of what the duration will potentially be in the final outcome, and it gave me a good idea of how long the shots should be.
Instead of having me do the voice over, I got my granddad to do it as his voice resembled more of a Charles Dickens tone and style than mine did. I also added an echo to the voice over by using the studio reverb effect, as I thought it gave it an old tone and style, which I quite liked.

Once I did this, I started adding the visuals onto the screen. I followed the script, but I also changed a few shots depending on whether I thought the shots next to each other were too similar or whether I thought they should be somewhere else in the video. I also started to experiment with the overlay of the court hall image. This took quite a while to get right as I wanted the audience to be able to see the paperweight and the paper shots as well as the court hall image, so the opacity had to be adjusted a few times.

There are a few different shots within this section, so trying to get the opacity right for each shot is quite difficult, however I have managed to get it to the point where I like what you can see for the visuals.

Once I had all of the visuals in the timeline, I started adding a few sound effects. I didn't add quite as much as I did with the other two videos, as I didn't want to overpower the video with sounds. When I first thought about this idea, I had the thought of having some static sound in the background throughout the video, so I added that very quietly throughout the whole video. This effect makes the video seems quite old and almost like the whole video is a flashback which is something that I liked. I also added some paper sound effects, but I'm not sure if they are going to stay. I added one that has quite a lot of noise, as it is paper being crumpled up and ripped, and the other is a lot more subtle. I'm going to see what Rachel and Jeremy say, but I'm not 100% happy with the loud sound effect as it can be quite distracting.

Going back to the visuals,  I decided to add the 'Warp Stabiliser' effect on the majority of the shots, as I wanted the shots to look pristine and flow really well. These shots were originally hand held and although they were quite smooth, I thought with the effect on them made the shots look so much better and I added them to the shots that I thought it worked well with. I then colour corrected the shots and added a static noise effect, which is something that I'm not sure if I like it or not so I'll see what Rachel and Jeremy say and then it might be gone after the rough cut.

The last thing I added to the video is the text, the Medway logo and the UCA logo. For the text, I wanted to keep it consist within all three videos, so I used the font 'Bickham Script Pro' as.I thought it went well with the old fashioned sort of look. Not only did I add the text on the last shot, I also added it throughout the video, showing what the quote being spoken was from. I have yet to add this to the other videos, but that can be done after the rough cut viewing.

I am going to show this to Rachel and Jeremy for the rough cut and see what they say about the sound effects that I have added, because I'm not 100% sure on them.