Today was again focused on editing, finishing up on final touches and finally exporting it as we had to hand it in this class. It was quite an intense class because we had been a little behind schedule and we knew we had to finish by today so we all wanted to get it done and also do it well. There were a few things we needed to add in: the subtitles for the different classes/periods so that it would be clearer to the viewer what they were seeing, the opening credits, the ending credits and finally music. We also needed to add in audio and video transitions to make the whole film flow smoother, not with awkward fast cuts, jumping from one clip to another. There was also another thing I was concerned about which was the timing of the whole film; we were over by a few minutes so I wanted to see if there was anything we could cut out or make more concise, leave out anything unnecessary.
We started working on the audio and video transitions. I tried to pick simple effects, the ones as subtle as possible because we didn't want it to be very extravagant we just wanted a slight transition between say two interviews, and not for it to be very abrupt. This way the viewer has an easier time adjusting to the sound difference and it's also not so quick, so the viewer will understand everything easier.
While I was editing, cutting, Sophie and Bridgitte were looking for free music clips that we could put into our film as background music. We wanted something upbeat and happy because we thought that it would fit better, or create a positive atmosphere to our film, which was what we wanted. We found one clip from Royaltyfreemusic which was nice, but there wasn't anything else that we particularly liked so we decided to go elsewhere to look for the music. We didn't want one song to keep playing in the background on loop because we didn't want the music to distract the interviews so we chose to have a few clips of music for the beginning, the end and some parts in the middle where we could have done without the sound of the film.
There are many things that I still wanted to do when it was time for us to export. I think we could have spent more time looking for more music because there were still parts that I thought it would have sounded better with music for backup rather than the noise. I thought we could have spent a little more time on the opening and ending credits; we wanted to have a split screen effect in the ending credits where we showed a picture of both schools side by side with the credits rolling. If we had more time I think we could have tried to make that work but since it was too rushed we decided to just leave it simple, leave it be. But on the other hand, I think we did a pretty good job despite the many drawbacks, complications and challenges. I personally thought it was quite an interesting experience.
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