Final Day of Editing / 6th March

Today was the final day of editing as the deadline is at 4pm sharp. I came in at 9am so that I could spend all morning and lunch, making sure that everything was in place and that the correct titles were included. This took longer than expected as there were a few bad shots put into the film and our title sequence was far too long (3:50), so I had to remove some unnecessary footage. Also, whilst organising some of the shots, I disorganised some of the shots that went with the music as I wasn't watching carefully at what I was doing. Once I noticed the mistake I was making, I locked the music in place by clicking on the padlock on the far left hand side so that the soundtrack wouldn't be affected. Another aspect I changed was the title at the end of the film. Initially, we wanted to place the title at the end as it adds that special touch and almost serves as a finale to the sequence. However, after watching it all back, it looked too much like a trailer. Therefore, I moved the film title to it's correct place in the title sequence (after the second actor's name) and it looked much better. Overall, I think today has been a stressful day of trying to complete everything. Luckily, our film is finished and ready to be marked. I am personally not 100% happy with the outcome as I am a perfectionist myself and some of the shots we had were quite shaky and not 'smooth' enough. This could be an evaluation point and something that could have been changed.