Skills audit: Editing

The first stage of editing our rough cut was to put each shot into an indiviual folder and name each one ready for Final Cut Pro. For each part of out Thriller we would import the folder so to start off we imported the sequence of Sarah getting ready. We choose the shots we wanted and dragging them down to the timeline put the in order to achieve the desirable effect. We increased the speed of time in alot of these shots to build pace and maintain Sarah's 'day to day' normal life effectively.
The next scene that used alot of editing was when Sarah waits for David as he gets the drink. Here we focused on two scenes; the first being David going to fetch the drink and the second being Sarah waiting. To do this we cut the footage we had filmed showing a change of time between each shots.
The other method we used to show a change of time was a fade. We used this twice; once after David has poured her drink and second before they go upstairs.
The shot of Sarah drinking her drink was slowed down to show the significance of the shot and build suspence.
Finnaly when editing the last shot we slowed the speed down to create tension and a sense of fear in the audience.