Editing time!!! Now that we finished filming everything for our opening and are happy with all of our shots, it's time to review all of the clips and put them all together. We used the editing program I Movie on Alexa's Apple Macbook computer, and added every clip that we approved of beforehand. Once all of the clips were added, we added in transitions. For the first few clips we just chose transitions that looked well once inserted like: fade to white, fade to black, or dissolve. However, when the kidnapper is picking up the knives, putting on the gloves, grabbing the finger and putting it in a jar we aslo did jump cuts to show that it was all happening within the exact same time period, one after the other. Then, we did a fade to white transition to show that the man is done with jarring the finger and is now walking towards Annie, who is strapped onto a bed. Then a jump cut to the man putting tape over Annie's mouth followed by another jump cut to Annie's hand being grabbed and her finger being dipped in blood. There was still more transitions to be added but we decided to stop if what we had already. During class, we asked our peers to watch what we had so far; they thought it was really good but that it was missing something! One person suggested that we add an edit to the colors of the film, perhaps adding a darker tone to create a more scary/creepy vibe. Which is exactly what we needed! I actually researched online that in horror films it is recommended to use dark color contrast to add to the mystery, and creepiness. Therefore, color does make a hu(e)ge difference! Hahahaha...see what I did there ;) Anyways, adding the cooler, darker tones to the film was very good advice for our peers, and I feel it really improved our opening.
Sources: "Cinematography Tips For Horror Filmmakers." The Beat: A Blog by PremiumBeat. N.p., 09 June 2015. Web. 02 Apr. 2017
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