Day 4 of Editing part 2 (post feedback)

As we could not get all of the editing done in lesson 1, we continued to edit our title sequence in lesson 2, improving the sequence as much as possible as we are working towards a deadline. James Lawley and James Scott took the lead with editing for part 2, and started off by adding a fade transition to the final shot of the title sequence as the antagonist slips out of frame, the screen fades to black, with the ticking of the clock changing to dramatically slow after the death of the victim, and carrying on for an extra second after the shot has slipped into darkness, which was an accident but I suggested we keep making it more eerie, and pushing the idea that the clock has some purpose/significance. A fade transition was also added to the beginning of the title sequence, so that it didn't just abruptly start.

After this we began placing the titles on a few of the opening shots, trying to decide the production company, director, producer and screen play writer, as well as where and when these would be positioned in the shot without obstructing the view of the audience or being too distracting. To save time we kept the font of text default, as we wanted to get all of the previously talked about issues settled first. From our experience of watching lots of horror films and their opening title sequences, we used the standard structure and order of titles. For example, the names of big production companies appear first e.g. Working Title, then a second party producer such as Universal Studios would appear.

We tried to come up with creative ways for the transitions to appear in conjuncture with actions taking place in the shot or movement. An example of this is when the actors Zak and George walk away from each other after talking, the title appears in the spotlight. Another example is when Zak walks past a wall on a bridge and then a title appear on the wall he has just passed. To end this editing session James Lawley came up with the idea of adding in a generic movie styled black boarder around the edge of every shot in the title sequence, to make it look more professional.