Editing

When filming, we used a tascam to record the sound separately from the camera. This meant that the sound could be picked up from shorter distances and in a much better quality. When editing, we had to sync-sound, which means that we had to match the sound to the video. The clapperboard is an essential aspect of this because it meant I could match the sound of the clap, to the shutting of the board within the video.

After sync-sounding, we had to cut down the shots so that they included the vital action that we needed for our trailer. For the scenes which involved more than one shot, we had to juxtapose the shots so that they created a smooth, continuing action. This is where continuity editing comes in. Matching-on-action is a technique which allows the continuity of shots to be as effective as possible. It allows the scene to flow smoothly looking realistic. This again, is a huge convention of Social Realist films due to the natural and realistic representations which are created.

After the micro-editing, we had to focus on the 'macro-editing'. This is the putting together of scenes (instead of shots - micro). To do this we used the shot list and original storyboards as a guide and placed the appropriate scenes next to one another. However, during this process changes were made, and scenes were manipulated. This is because once we placed certain scenes together, we felt that as a trailer, it would be much more effective with more mystery. The worry was, that we were giving too much information away to the audience and in order to create suspense and influence the audience to watch the film, we needed much more of a cliff-hanger. Some shots were found to be slightly irrelevant to trying to present the basis of the film (without giving too much information away).

The transitions between the shots are added once all the scenes have been composed together. We felt that the more simple the transitions were, the more effective. We didn't want the film to be considered to be 'cheesy' and after watching other social realist film trailers, we recognised the simplicity used. We simply used a 'Fade through black' for most of our shot, with the exception of the last graphics shot. For this we used a 'Paint Splatter' effect which corresponds with the concept of graffiti.