The other guys...

The other guys...

Recently as our filming has been coming to an end, I have been attempting to keep a close eye on how the other groups are progressing. 

Something I am noticing from almost every other group is the fact that they are now doing the final tweaks to their editing, which worries me quite a lot. The fact that we are still doing the 'primary' editing when others are doing 'tertiary' editing makes me think we are quite a fair way behind. We are finding out that this software is quite a challenge for us, when none of us are real IT experts. Another worrying thing is the fact that everyone else seems to have mastered the software when we are still at what can only be described as amateur level. 

We have been asking for quite a bit of help from other groups and out teachers. I hope we don't get too dependent on help from others, rather than trying to learn for ourselves. I do feel we are beginning to get there with it all. The level of which we are using the program at has improved from before, and we are even beginning to whip in some keyboard shortcuts!

Gathering opinions from others has also proved to come in very handy, because after all, the film is for the audience, so their input is vital. Some things we didn't even consider when we done some filming has been brought to the audiences attention, which they have then brought to ours. We are very thankful for everyones help on this, as it really helps us nail the editing! The main thing that has been picked up on, was the lack of closeups we used. In all honesty, the reason we couldn't do some closeups, was we forgot the pocket-watch, which is a key to our film. But apart from that, we have decided to go and do some re-filming of some close up shots, for instance my feet and the killer. These will be great shots mainly due to the fact that this will add tension; the main point of a thriller. 

Everyone has been really helpful due to the fact we are struggling. They could just have left us, but their important input and constructive criticism has been very valuable to us to help us get to where we are now - much much further than we were a month ago when everything looked like it was going to be a massive flop!