Finalizing editing!!

    Remember when I said I was nervous to start editing because me and my partner aren't very experienced? 

        Well I think we pretty much have gotten over that, yayyy!! Honestly the process of editing was less daunting than we had originally thought it to be and we are essentially all done with it now. All of our different shots have been put together, have received feedback from others and are approved. We did decide to go with Plan B for the ending of our opening because our original plan of shooting inside the car just wasn't working and was honestly looking pretty bad. We decided to ask some of our family members to look over what we had so far and asked them to give us any feedback they thought would make the opening better. Plan B's (having Grace come out of the store and throw the necklace away to the trees instead of doing it from the car window) fluidity and coherence in clip order was what made  the majority of the people we asked prefer this option to our original one.

        Apart from helping us choose an ending, the feedback also included tips on how and where we should shorten, adjust, and lengthen our shots depending on what looked better. There were some evidently awkward pauses in between shots that had to be cut out and we learned that the short shots of the funeral scene had to remain between the 1-1.5 second mark. We also got feedback on tightening some shots to increase the intimacy and connection felt towards the character by focusing on details, facial expression, and important props. It was also crucial to remove some of the scenes we liked, like some of the make up scenes, because they weren't crucial and we would've reached over the 2-minute mark otherwise. 

        So, our final shot ends up being one of the heart necklace hanging off a tree, which finishes the opening with a question, what will she do now? It serves as kind of a loose end to her story which will be answered with the rest of the movie. 

        All of our editing was done on iMovie because it is the editing platform we considered the easiest to use and one that we felt comfortable with; our teacher also recommended we use this platform considering our limited experience. But now all we have left to do in regards to editing would be adding the different sound effects we need, the voice over and then inputting the title and credits.

        I'm very glad to be back on track because last week wasn't very productive. I had to be absent from school for a couple days so we missed some time that we could've used to work on the project, but thankfully it is now spring break and I plan to use this time to our advantage. Today we met up after school to finish off the editing and plan our next step. Overall, I feel proud of our editing and the fact that we took on a challenge for ourselves. The process turned out to be pretty simple and now we feel that our editing abilities have definitely improved. 

        Here are pictures from our meeting!