Editing

My view on the editing of our thriller - Jesse

i enjoyed editing our thriller. we had good footage, and the filming went smoothly. we all, as a group worked well together. 

the idea of having a fast paced intro worked well and built the tension as it should have done. 

the location in the tunnel also worked well. the graffiti painters and the echo's in the tunnel really set an eerie scene. 

in the edit, we managed to flip back and forth from handheld shots to tripod shots which showed that we are capable of using both techniques. and again, when we cut shots at a fast pace, flipping between the two techniques, it looked more professional and well made. 

when we were filming i shot lots of 'cut-away' shots of the area we were in, setting the scene around our location. in the tunnel, i got lots of handheld footage of people painting graffiti and hanging around. i also shot lots of our location, like the southbank, thames, parliment and other shots to set the scene in our thriller. this allowed us to have a lot more choice when it came to choosing shots to cut to. also, by having these shots, it makes the film look more professional as we could use random shots to set the scene to join our important shots together.
i had an idea to create a short 20-30 sec 'montage' scene before josh walked into the tunnel. but in the end, we did not have time.