Editing- technical decisions

In all scenes of out final project we have made each shot slightly darker and have slightly increased the contrast of them to make the film more defined and seem it is darker then it actually is to give a sense of mystery.

We have placed each clip of the car driving in sequence to make the car really flow well from clip to clip which is easy to understand for the audience. The pace of the car was not edited because it was not too fast and wasn't slow enough to edit the speed. The only part we did edit was when Sam saw the monk for the very first time in his car which we put in slow motion when he saw him which makes it obvious for the viewers to see what Sam sees much easier. Through the car scene we have also placed a few fade ins and fade outs because it seems to make some of the clips flow to the next one instead of being very sudden it makes the music also match the speed of the scene making it look smoother and relaxed.

When Sam is sleeping in his bedroom we made the lighting seem very dim with a covered lamp to make it seem it was late at night/early morning. It then cuts from Sam sleeping to The monk in a creepy looking forest with fast images from different views of the monk all in a row. Oscar thought that we should have it in black and white and we all agreed because it made the dream look so much more effective because it made the monk look more creepy and mysterious to the audience. It then cuts back to Sam sleeping then back to the monk, so it goes back and forth. We thought that would be very effective as it creates suspense for the viewers because it shows that he is having a bad dream and u could tell by his reactions when Sam is sleeping.

In the running scene when we have the possessed man being chased by Sam, we have good variety of shots that are focused on the man that flow well together and shots of Sam following from behind. Just like the dream we had jump shots from the possessed man to Sam, back and forth. When the man jumos off the edge we slowed it right down so you can see it in slow motion when he falls which gives it more of a suspenseful shock for the audience. When he goes out of sight we faded it out to a bird flying off a tree because we felt it would create a unique shot from other groups.

The music we decided to edit into our final project was a slow dramatic song which creates a slow suspense atmosphere for the audience. It gets really into the song just before the man jumos off the edge because it represnts something good or scary is about to happen in this scene.