Editing

When it came to the editing process of our project we decided that everybody in the group will edit their own sequence. The software we used to edit our programme was called Movie Pro 11.

The first sequence I edited was the scene where Alex is posting the letter at Melissa’s house. The first shot seen in this sequence is an ECU of someone holding a letter and from this I used a dissolve to show Alex standing there looking at the front. Then simple actions match edits were used for when Alex was posting the letter. When the letter was posted a jump cut was used to see the letter drop and hit the floor. This was the part where I used a number of dissolves to show the different letters being posted with considerable time passing. This then faded out to show it was the end of the scene.

My second sequence that I edited was for the Park scene and I started off using edits that dissolved into each other as Alex walked up towards the bench. Once Alex was sitting on the bench I made sure that the edits were longer to suggest him becoming bored. These long takes continued until Alex decided to get off the bench and walk out towards the park to see if Melissa was coming. The editing technique I used he was with Alex walking towards the camera until it is black. Then straight away the camera is behind Alex to aid the continuity. When Alex is looking for Melissa the edits became a little shorter to emphasise the fact that he is becoming stressed. In this scene I used slow and fast editing to signify boredom and stress.

The last scene that I edited was the scene with Alex and his best mate at the pub. For this scene the first shot I used was an establishing shot to set the scene. Then I used consistent shot, reverse shots to show the reactions and responses in the conversation. This was all I needed to do for the editing in this scene as it was just a conversation. At the end of the scene I faded it out with Alex saying the line “And she’s still mine”.

The edits I have used in my scenes are very subjective with them positioning the audience into taking the side of Alex and sympathising with him.