Editing - Scene One, Two and Three

This section is where Detective Carter first meets Bonnie Kensington so it is an important one. Antonia edited most of this section, however when we came to filming we realised that we couldn't use a lot of the footage we had shot because the camera was too shaky.

In all of our film clips we decided to use the 'DESATURATE' tool to make the picture black and white. This made the film longer to render however we felt it gave the film the perfect authentic edge to suit the genre of film.

We decided not to put any music on top of the action here (therefore we faded it out at the end of the beginning section) this is because some of the script is hard to here. We chose to work in an office which was good for our setting however bad for the sound because there was a busy office next door and some of the noise from there is on the film sound. This however could be seen as a good thing because in a bustling police office it wouldn't be silent. We chose to zoom in on some occasions in the editing process to make it look more professional (so we weren't using the same angle the whole scene) - I don't like some of the clips as Bonnie is cut out at the top, but it is the only good ones we had to work with unfortunately. What is good about it is that in parts you can only see her lips which keeps a mysterious nature about the character.

One thing i do really like at the end of the first scene is the cut to the point of view shot on the archaic telephone (we decided to use this one because if it was a modern phone it wouldn't have create the right atmosphere for the time period). I think it works really well as the audience doesn't get to see the reaction of whats happened on Carter's face, but he is obviously interested as he gets straight on the phone as soon as Bonnie leaves. The one thing that could have been better is the camera work as the picture goes in and out of focus a few times during the clip which makes it look really unprofessional.
This next scene is the restaurant scene, it first begins with a fade in followed by a pan up starting at Bonnie's red heels to an over the shoulder shot towards Carter. This suggest Bonnie has something to hide as you do not see her face, yet you can see all of Carters reactions. We used a few different angles in this scene to create the right atmosphere - there is a cut to a close up of Bonnie drinking but her eyes flick back up to Carter giving him a very flirtatious look, there is also a cut to a long shot where you can see both characters from the side (and the diners/extras on the table next to them) which then cuts to a close up of Bonnie's hand lightly stroking Carter's hand. These sharp cuts reinforce the suggestive flirtatious ways of Bonnie as you never see her face on to the camera, it is always the side of her face or from her point of view. There is also a voice over on this section from the actor Ed Beard as we wanted the audience to know what he is thinking during this, we also didn't use the original sound footage and added music (in a minor key) over the top as to add drama and suspense to the piece. There are many fade ins and outs of the the sounds and clips as you can see in the picture above.

The next scene is the kiss scene outside the pub, unfortunately the dialogue cannot be heard as we were right next to a busy road. We decided to quieten down the actual sound so there is still a bit of noise with the dialogue because they are outside and you would expect some noise - however me and Ed had to do a voice over for the dialogue which was difficult as we had to get the sound to fit with the actors lips moving on the screen. I like how it had turned out though because you can really hear what the actors are saying as this is a crucial turning point in the film. There is also a cut to a close up when the characters kiss, this is definitely lead by Miss Kensington and you can really see the passion being the characters, from this angle you can also see Carter's reaction to the kiss when Bonnie walks away smiling afterwards (she knows she has got him right where she wants him) - the editing really reflects what is going on in the scene and i really like this scene (restaurant and outside) as i believe it suits our film perfectly.