Production Blog: The Editing Commences!

 Hello there!

   Today, Sara began editing. From the get-go, we had both agreed that she would be on the one edit due to her greater experience and more interest. Additionally, this would balance out more work that I took on in the planning stage! While I can edit, I edited my last project, I lack the finer skills that are essential in an undertaking such as this. Also, the filming was on Sara's phone which automatically syncs to her computer due to Apple's device sharing. Thus, it is more convenient to do it on her laptop, and further, for her to do it! 

    While I did not personally edit, we still discussed many of the choices that go into it, and Sara made sure we made each decision together! The first task was to manipulate the lighting, but other lighting had been minimal due to budget constraints. Tools such as lightboxes are fairly expensive and not an expense we were willing to make for their limited use, so instead, we planned for Sara to edit it now. 

    While all sciences need some basic adjustments, the scenes with heavy editing were the cupcake scene, the fight scene, and the birthday scene. For the cupcake scene, the idea was to keep it light to create a fun atmosphere. This would serve to juxtapose the harsh, dark scenes with the couple fighting. For the fighting scene, this obviously meant to be much harsher and darker to create sinister air. The idea was for it to be filmed at night, so some editing had to be included to manipulate that. For the final scene, the blowing of the candles was meant to be incredibly dark that could really only be artificially created. This was purposeful because while it is less realistic, it creates a sinister dark introduction to the movie. 

    Definitely, I am glad Sara is handling the editing because it is not my wheelhouse. However, that has left little to do in the meantime which is both nice and not. With testing approaching, it is nice to have the extra time to study, but still, I feel I could be doing more. Next week will be music and mixing the clips together, so adieu until then!