Post Production

Post production involved taking the raw footage and making it into a complete sequence. A great tool that we used for this was iMovie for the Apple MacBook pros. This program allowed us to splice the footage together and even delete some of the footage if the clip was too long. The advantage of this program was that it was incredibly user friendly and was multimedia, which meant we could include picture indents which were made on adobe photoshop, music that we obtained from royalty free websites and the footage itself.

It was at the point with review of the footage that we realised we needed to re film some parts of the sequence which was a big help and advantage in our final sequence.

With the help from our group we were easily able to fit the clips of footage together to make a flowing sequence. In some cases we need to shorten the clips to make such techniques as match on action. Moreover, as this process wasn't permanent like earlier forms of editing we could delete clips if the were wrongly edited and put them back in the sequence as they were.

Obtaining royalty free music was a pain but we achieved it by finding suitable scores and sound effects. Websites allowed us to test the sound before downloading them, which was an advantage as we could see if they fit before actually getting them, moreover iMovie allowed us to put these in the sequence parallel to the video which meant it was easy to correctly place the music in the right place to fit the mood and situation of the sequence.

The production idents were made via Adobe photoshop and were implemented into the start of the sequence to give a professional feel to the sequence and make it feel like a proper opening to a film.