Production- Editing Scene 2

 To continue in my production of my film opening without problems further in, I began to edit and put my shots together to get a good idea of how long the scene will be in total. This way, I can allocate more time for my two other scenes to fit in the 2 minute time frame.

  I began with placing them in order to my liking and then one by one, changed the duration according to the shot. In the beginning I placed close static full shots of objects around the room, and edited those according to the music that I would be using. Therefore I added in the music to do this.  Each static shot ended up each being around a second. I purposely did this as so the pace can be established.

  Then, to slower the pace a bit, a pan to the left to introduced the main character and break up the static sequence from before. Here on out I chronologically ordered the shots as they capture the main characters actions. And so now, the pace was relatively more slower but still upbeat and a little fast to sync with the music.

  Through the use of the music, I was also able to cut the music in a certain shot when another character spoke, capturing a similar feeling of "being brought back to reality". The constant use of music and a sudden pause reflects the deep infatuation the main character has and then being caught off guard.

  Another way I edited sound was by extracting the original audio of the shots where the main character receives a text message and uses her phone. By extracting the audio I was able to raise the volume of the sounds the phone made to further immerse the audience into what the main character is doing on her phone as she is texting the love interest Noah.

  Throughout it all, I used direct cuts between each shot to stay on pace, no fade ins or fade outs. This also made actions of the main character go hand in hand with each other in each shot.

After editing everything on IMovie , the scene came out to 52 seconds leaving me with about 1minute and 8 seconds left to use for my other scenes. With this in mind, I have a some concern that I may have to shorten my second and first scene accordingly or just capture shorter shots in general. But despite this, my editing went well and my song choices and sound was successful in going well with my shots.

Overall , the outcome and process of editing this scene was an enjoyable experience as I got to see my shots come together to create the starting of my film.