I was really looking forward to editing, because we get to see our work come together and produce the final product. We had to go to the editing suite to do this, and we were introduced to final cut pro (editing software). After transferring our work from the tape to the computer, and learning how to correctly save our work, we were taught how to crop and order pieces of film and began doing so. It took a while to get the hang of, but we got better and quicker at it as the lesson went on. After editing the whole sequence, we went back over it and perfected the transitions of shots to make them look as continuous as possible (continual editing).
One of the parts which we focussed on perfecting, was the transition between the long shot of me(the mum) at the table, and the P.O.V shot of Jonathan as he walks towards me. In order to have 'action match shot' we needed to make sure he was walking at the same place in relation to the extra sitting down. With the takes we had, we achieved as much continuity as we could and I really like how it looks.
As I mentioned in my previous blog, we were concerned about the level of backround noise when we were filming. However, it was a relief that the camera did pick up our voices so the dialogue can be heard :)
We had filmed quite a few over the shoulder shots during the dialogue so doing 'shot reverse shot' was a matter of choosing the best takes. As we had planned from the begininning, we made the flashback scene black and white to show that it's in the past, and black and white generally suggests a negative mood/moment.
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