Fiction Adaptation Unit: Post-Production - Edit Part 1

Yesterday I began the rough edit of The Death Bed which consisted of putting the clips into the timeline and trimming the edges to where they would roughly be to see how long the film is going to be.

I made it under the time limit; which was a huge relief as I was estimating around 7 minutes going on what we recorded but this is great. Also, when I come round to doing the finer edits the film can only get shorter as I'll be trimming little bits off the clip.

One thing I noticed when putting the clips into the timeline was that I forgot to film shots 12 and 13 where the Narrator and Soldier sit down on the chairs. This means I have a scene where they walk out of frame and suddenly end up sat on chairs, I'm a little bothered as it's not a complete continuity but the fact they walk out of frame and then the next shot is them sat down sort of retains some continuity: they exit the frame and therefore the 'scene' and then appear elsewhere. It's a little tricky to explain but if the camera panned and followed them then the sudden change wouldn't work as the camera keeps us with them. Them walking out of frame allows the change of setting without necessarily having to establish them taking their seats. They're essentially walking from one scene to the next.

Next up is to now go back through and colour correct the videos, primarily the Subconscious ones as they need to be darkened to hide the wall behind the actors.