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.