I enjoyed this part of the editing process much more than the previous step, I was tasked with interlacing my Piano scene footage into the main piece. The idea was that it would be in the background, but also provide a brief lull in the action taking place on screen. I referred to my notes and all my previous research a lot during this process.
The biggest difficulty was to get the audio to sync with the visuals. If the Pianist plays a note on screen we need to hear that note as he plays it, not a second or two afterwards. This proved a massive challenge however I feel that I managed to get around this with some very small tweaking.
When I was stuck I very often referred back to my notes and research to see how I could handle the problem I was given. For example, there is a murder scene, obviously this is a pivotal part of the opening because it is the 'explosion' or burst of suspense. This idea is one taken from Psycho, a film I watched and reviewed much earlier in the year. In Psycho Hitchcock uses a long build of tension followed by a quick burst of action. This is a both scary and effective way of using tension. I tried to use it here because of some of the quotes I got from my questionnaire support the idea that people want to be thrilled and scared. I spent an extra hour fine tuning it so it looks just perfect.
We have also made a decision on the typography of the title and how we plan to pull that off. I will talk about that in my next, and final, post about editing where I complete the visual effects and the finishing touches. The reason I mention it is because of how they tie in with how I ended the whole film (as shown above.) Personally I am rather proud of how it end because I managed to get the timing just perfect. Something happens (No spoilers!) and then the screen goes black, the title fades in. Then a hard cut to the pianist playing the last note. I love it so much because it fits with the timing perfectly.
I cannot overstate the usefulness of analysing the film openings. Especially 'Source Code' because of how it opens in a very similar way. Being able to refer to how another film had done it as well as doing it right.
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