Whilst editing our video a few changes were made to our original plan, it is much easier to imagine the effect of the end result when all the clips are played together. After putting the needed clips in time order it began obvious to us that some shots were not necessary.
As agreed before the opening shot was kept as the train arriving at the station, but we slowed down the movement to 70% original speed, and also kept the digetic sound of the train against the non-digetic Amy Winehouse track as it sounded poignant when emphasising my return. We then instead of shooting me walking away from the station went straight to the clip of me against the black background talking to the screen. The shot was not needed and looked out of place, after asking members of my class they agreed that the opening shot of the train was another symbolism for my return I did not need to be shown to actually be there.
I then had to learn how to overlay my clips, which was actually quite easy.
This sidebar on premiere had all the effects i could use listed, i only had to drag over my selected sequence to decide the overlay. I think that the first overlay used going from the train fading into my face is particularly effective as it shows my connection with the train whilst also introducing my character.
Another effective transition I used was the slide between the shot of the door and the medium shot of me on the toilet looking at the pregnancy test. This shot was effective as i felt the slide portrayed the shift in time between the two events. It also successfully changed the mood of the clips as my emotions at being pregnant differ highly to the romantic feelings I show in the previous collage of clips.
The screen shot below shows the scene on the swing with Tom which I used premiere to heighten the brightness of as I wanted an almost cloudy effect to represent the happiness and dreamlike state that i felt.
We had originally planned to place me entering the taxi after my exit from the station but i feel its placement at the end was the right idea. All of the action has passed in the advert and my final statement of "I'm pregnant" accompanied by a silence of all non-digetic sounds has left the audience in suspense. By ending with me departing in the taxi the audiences are left awaiting my arrival. I also placed the end title credits over my departing shots, this was also relatively easy to do i just pressed add text and added the necessary comments as the picture shows below.
I then had the difficult job of choosing which kiss sequence I should feature. There were slight differences in the two including the scarf i had wrapped round me in one and the slightly different angle each was shot in. One also features me kissing tom where the other shows tom kissing me. I finally decided on the shot of tom kissing me as it was a wider shot, showing more of the setting and i thought it would be fitting for me to kiss tom as it shows that i am the character in the wrong as i also lead Simon into the hotel room in the following shot, my character being portrayed as a kind of temptress.
Overall I found the editing process the most enjoyable part of the production process and really enjoyed using premiere, (when it saved my work!)
