Editing (or lack thereof)

     This blog post is supposed to be about editing, however, after repeatedly asking my partner about the progress, and finding that there is none, I'm going to outline what will (hopefully) be included and tutorials.

The elements I'm taking to account are cuts, color grading, and audio.

Band Performance

Color

    The first part of the opening where the band is playing onstage. What I want to alter about the original footage is the coloring. The color grading would include a warm filter that becomes cooler and darker as the scene continues.  Our film times actually help in great ways on this topic due to the beginning being filmed a little before sunset while the end is filmed after sundown. The sun creates a naturally bright, orange light source that eventually disappears that we can manipulate in post production to our liking. The scene would begin as innocent, cautious, and nervous, represented by the yellow, then progress to an orange hue as the crowd begins to show their distaste for their performance, then a darkish blue hue for when Florence is beaten up.

Cuts

    The cuts will start out with normal pacing, then become more quick as more closeups appear. Finally, with our tracking shot, I wanted to insert some close ups of the cans falling. Honestly nothing special that I can visualize, aside from the final hard cut.

Audio

    I just know the dialogue is going to a be a pain. It isn't really "dialogue" unless heckling a group of high school boys in a band screaming that they suck counts. My plan is to get the hecklers to record about 45 seconds of them in a closet (or their chosen quiet location of choice) yelling the same things in the footage where their faces are shown. A few sounds I can foley at home, such as:

- The footsteps

- Monster can being picked up

- Chip bags landing on the ground

-Cans falling

-Crutches being picked up

    Additionally, during the inserts of the cans falling, I want to add a loud piercing distorted version of the sound to add to the tense mood.

Walking Scene

Color

    This scene takes place in the evening/night, and while we could't get everybody to go to the location at that time (and the footage wouldn't look good) we decided to film at around 5:30pm while the sun was still out. I found an article that explains some of the elements that we need to consider when creating a nighttime scene with footage shot during the day:

https://borisfx.com/blog/how-to-shoot-day-for-night-tips-and-techniques-boris-fx/#:~:text=For%20the%20scene%20to%20look,harsh%20light%20and%20harsh%20shadows.

    What I've never heard of, but should've assumed, is the call for fabricating a faux night sky. I won't need to add stars, since the time is not supposed to be that late.

Cuts

    The scene begins with a tight close up of Florence's beat up face, and it will be a hard cut from the crutch scene. This part will last long, but I also wanted the scene to be slowed down in contrast with its antecedent. Aside from the hard cut, the other cuts will be simple and expected. 

Audio

    Now HERE is where I know the dialogue will be a pain.

My plan is to record all dialogue (maybe aside from Florence's lines on the microphone) in a library. okay now here's the sound list.

- Footsteps on sidewalk

- Footsteps on grass
- Makeshift crutches (keyboard stand) tapping on the ground
- Dialogue
- Ambient  sound
- Cars passing by