Post-Production

To begin the editing process, we logged the rushes by reviewing each shot and deciding which take would be the most successful in comparison to the surrounding shots. We recorded these decisions in a table format with the correlating timings of the starting and finishing point of each shot, regardless of whether we were going to use it or not to ensure that we had a clear understanding of which clips to use during the editing process. We also included a description of what the clip consisted of, as well as the scene and shot number to further solidify our certainty of selecting the correct clip when editing. Evidently, this process consumed a significant amount of our time, but beneficially decreased the amount of time spent selecting the appropriate clips whilst editing.

This prolonged process then enabled our group to accurately begin constructing our title sequence. We began by dragging the rushes onto the timeline of the video editing software, Adobe Premiere Pro. We arranged the shots according to the order of the shot list and reduced various clips to ensure the continuity was consistent throughout, which was especially effective in maintaining the match-on-action whilst the characters were running.

After these adjustments, we included the stereotypical titles of a crime genre title sequence. This consisted of the actors, directors and writers names, as well our production company and the school's title to illustrate the collaboration.

Once we were satisfied with the visual aspect of our title sequence, we began to adjust the audio levels by increasing and decreasing the sound created within the shots to suit the action depicted. We achieved this by creating a marker on the area of audio which required an adjustment, then raised or lowered this point accordingly.

As a group, we then used the website www.incomputech.com to select an appropriate, track that wasn’t copyrighted to generate the pace or a crime genre title sequence. Finally, we asked our target group to review our refined title sequence and generate some feedback on the strengths and weaknesses of our product.