R&P Post 29: Reflections on Week One of Editing

One week has now passed since we filmed our opening sequence which we have been editing for this week. We kicked off our editing firstly by cutting down our footage and deciding which scenes should be deleted as they did not actually have a strong meaning so the audience would not be able to connect with the entirety of our film. However, now we have cut down our footage and shots, we know now what specific footage we have to work with.

Here are some screenshots of our editing process:

In this picture we were deciding which transition to use for this shot which you can see in the bottom right-hand corner. 

The above screenshot shows the font we used for our titles and the title we used for our film. 

Here we were correcting the colours of our very first opening shot.

This week of editing has also included brainstorming titling ideas for our film. Fiona is the one who is primarily responsible for the titles of our opening sequence but we have all helped to add to ideas. Firstly, we had to create an official title for our film. The first titles we came up with are:

However, as well as these titles we came up with a some others as well which we thought were better than our original titles; these included:

• In The Ring
• Down For The Count
• Four To The Body
• On The Ropes

Once we had looked at all of the names for our titles we decided that the new ones we came up with plus Roll With The Punches were the best. However, in order to ensure that we successfully appeal to our target audience we went to ask people within our target audience which title they thought was best for our film. These are the results we received from our survey:

From our results we saw that Roll With The Punches was the most favoured title so we decided to choose this as the title for our film. So once we had chosen the official title for our film we began planning out by hand how we roughly wanted the font of our title to look on screen. Below you can see some rough sketches of how we did this:

To conclude what we have learnt from our first week of editing is principally how to use titles effectively in our film in order to appeal to our audience more. Also, now we have decided on the font that we are going to use for our titles in our film as well. As we have now chosen our main title, we can now begin to work on placing the other necessary titles in our film. 

Come back again soon for another update on editing! See ya!