Lyndon, Luke and I did the editing of the film while Patrick and Adam looked for music to use and edited the wiki. When we submitted the rough edit of our film I think that the whole group was a little concerned about how we could improve on it because none of us were entirely happy. However, we used all of Mike’s feedback and started to look at the film with fresh eyes, we realised that there were a lot of different sections that just weren’t necessary to the plot and that there were also things we could add in to create more of a style. We removed a lot of dialogue, which was making the film feel very long and drawn out, we also added music that helped pick up the pace as well as shooting a few extra bits to add in and round everything out.
As a group we realised that there were parts of the story that weren’t exactly clear to the viewer, on top of this the film didn’t feel complete, there wasn’t something that ran throughout to link the beginning with the end. These factors lead to one of the most important decisions we made in the editing process. This was to use our idea of adding voice over narration to round out the film a little bit. Marcus and I recorded the voice-over and added it to the film and I think that the whole group felt as though that was what had been missing right from the very beginning.
By the time we handed in the final edit we were all happy that we’d done the best we could with the footage we had and that overall the film worked. We didn’t want to make a film that left you feeling a little confused and dissatisfied by the ending so we made sure that despite being funny and silly, our film told a story which would leave viewers satisfied having watched it.
We are currently still discussing which film competition we would like to submit to.
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