Today I will be discussing the editing methods used in the short film. Editing is often an underappreciated topic. The most well-known edit is a simple yet crucial one. This edit is known as cropping. Cropping is the trimming of clips and adjusting them accordingly to the project. This can include making scenes shorter that had extra fluff in them. Another important edit was stitching the scenes together. While this is another simple edit, it is required as the scenes need to flow together smoothly into one another. In addition to this, an important edit is the inclusion of music. Music can often set the tone/atmosphere really well. Music can also help spice the film up rather than dead silence with occasional dialogue. Some films may require silence for tone, but I find that boring most times. Audio mixing is also a job done by the editor(s). This means balancing the audio in the film such as bringing out or lowering someone's voice. As previously mentioned, music can be included ...
One tip for making a short film that I got was to subvert expectations in your film. Subverting expectations can help make the film more unpredictable and unique to the audience. A film that has the same ideas and tropes gets repetitive and stale. This can often make it unenjoyable to watch for people. An example of this is a predictable jumpscare which viewers can anticipate it. When the audience can anticipate it, it reduces anxiety and fearful emotions from viewers. A better alternative that was stated is to do something you wouldn't normally do, to trick yourself and the audience in the process. Another idea suggested by the video was to stick to your genre and follow it. In this case, it would be mystery for the film genre being used. An example of the mystery genre being followed would be very ominous music and shadowy figures to avoid the viewers from getting a proper description on any characters or surroundings to help build tension and confusion. Similarly, the ton...
For editing, other members of my group did it as they were experienced with editing. One thing that needed to be edited was the time. The time restraint was by far the biggest part of editing. We had to get the footage and make it fit 2 minutes. To achieve this, we unfortunately had to cut some scenes out. Because of the time restraint, we couldn't go over it. This meant we couldn't have too much footage. This also meant we had to have enough footage for the two-minute time. The problem me and my group faced was actually that we had too much filming. Because of this we had to use editing to cut down on some footage. I had some ideas on some extra scenes to add but we couldn’t add them because of the time limit. So what my group decided on was that we would just go with the normal plan. I agreed with this and we just had to scrap the idea that I proposed. What I wanted was some more scenes with the doll to introduce it but instead we ended up having to edit all that out and del...
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