During our time filming and editing I learnt how and when to use a tripod, what shot types worked best in certain scenes and how through editing I could create a specific meaning or message along with high levels of tension.
Where I learnt the most was during the editing process. I quickly learnt how to upload the film directly from the camera on to the Apple Mac, something I had never done before but became accustomed to by the end of production. Once the film was on to the Mac, editing it through Imovie became an integral part of getting the look of the film perfect. I learnt how to cut and trim sections of the film together to gain a tighter more flowing film, but what was most important was the effects we used on the film. Editing the scenes to be black and white along with the red tint we used for the church scenes garnered a far more dramatic and tense experience for the viewer. I also learnt how to increase or decrease the speed in scenes, this was helpful for the running scenes as they were slow and repetitive at first before we sped them up and cut them together in editing. Slowing down helped in the more dramatic scenes, like the death scene, this made the viewing experience shocking an d intense.
Through the vast improvement in technology this way of editing homemade films is easy for beginners and even for more advanced film-makers, the software is very simple but also very effective and really helped the create the right tone of the film.
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