Editing- 28th March

Today we finalised our opening titles. We decided upon names fro our production and distribution companies and designed their logos. We have called our production company 'Prestige Elite Productions' this names come from the font we used for our titles. The distribution company is called 'MRH Distributions' this uses the first letter of our first names. We added the titles to our opening aswell as placing names of cast members, costume designers and music company, into our film.

Editing- 21st March

Today we spent an hour discussing the film titles, including production and distribution company aswell as titles to appear during the opening itself such as the Director and Screen-Play roles. We looked back at other production/distribution companies names such as Film4, Warp Films & Warner Brothers. We have come up with a few ideas using letters from our first names, aswell as even the names of fonts we have been using in the opening, however we are yet to make a final decision. We decided that the other titles would appear during the shots themselves instead of on seperate shots. We will use dark spots in our shots and place the titles in white writing on top of those selected spots. Apart from alot of discussion work and playing around with a few title ideas, the the main opening has not been editted any more since the 15th.

Editing- 15th March

Today our group spent an overall time of 2 hours editing the footage. By the end of our editing session we had all the shots we needed, in the correct order, matching with our storyboard. The overall footage came in under 2 minutes, but we can fill the time in with titles in future editing sessions. We added small shots of the stranger popping up at regular intervals in the opening getting faster as he got closer to the victims, this was not part of our original storyboarded plan but we feel it will build up a sense of worry amongst the audience for the victims safety and at times my shock certain members. We also took time to add in our main film title 'Inbox(1)', we used the type-writer effect for this, giving the impression that the titles were being typed. This matches the online/social networking feel we intend for our film.

Editing- 14th March

For around an hour today, myself and my group continued to edit together our Horror Opening. WE had to decided what transition to use between the shots to ensure the audience were aware that there had been a jump back in time (flashback). As a group we decided that the 'Fade In Fade Out Dissolve' was the best option. This was added to the shot of the extreme close-up of the blurred eye, the blur also helped to create this effect. We also decided to add Cross Cutting shots to our piece, switching between the stranger lurking outside and Claire and Emma inside. We thought this would allow the audience to see what is going on outside as well as in the house at the same time, the audience would also be able to see the stranger approaching, unlike the characters. Which helps to add tension. The one downside to using this piece of footage is the zoom towards the end, the zoom is rather jolty and un-stable, it looks very un-professional. We decided to over-come the zoom by cutting the footage up into three separate freeze-frames. Creating a jolty, shocked approach which when added to a soundtrack with correct sound effects will also help to build the tension amongst our audience.

Introduction & Start of the Editting Process

Today our group started editing our footage using the Final-Cut software on the mac-computers. Our aim was to sort out the first few shots setting the scene. Although we only had the time to edit for around 15-20 minutes, we successfully edited together an establishing shot of the house using a tilt, aswell as several close-ups of Hannah George (Claire Clayton). We also started discussing the process of getting parts of our film to be a flash back. We did this by using a shot which had naturally blurred at the end, aswell as adding transitions in order to emphasise this effect. At a later date we will use sounds to also help the emphasis.