Self Evaluation - first edit

I think that my overall first edit of my opening came out better than I expected it too. The only issue with my shots were the continual change of natural lighting which differed from shot to shot. This meant that I had to edit a few shots using the 'Brightness and Contrast' video effect in order to make it look a little better. I still think that changing the brightness of the clips resulted in a more realistic outcast of the opening.

When putting the video clips in order of how I wanted them, I was able to notice that there is a section within the opening that hasn't been correctly shot. Towards the beginning of the opening, my actress is seen leaning on her hand and then the next shot that I tried to use was of my actress when she wasn't leaning on her hand. This change in movement wasn't documented within the opening and was easily recognisable when put next to each other. In order to make it look like there is no movement error, I added in the title between the two shots. I decided to use fade to black with the title 'Love Never Dies' and then fade it into the next shot. When the class watched it back, they were not able to notice this movement error which therefore resulted in me not having to reshoot this shot because it was not recognisable.

I think that the shots follow better than I was hoping for as they seem to match up a lot better than I thought they would when I first started editing. I think that taking more than one of the majority of the shot was a good idea as it meant that I was able to decide between the different clips in order to get the best result for my opening. I also think that my zoom in and panning shot was better than I expected when editing my first opening. This is due to the fact that when I was recording, I thought I was having difficulty keeping the same speed and timing, but when I looked at these two types of shots when I was editing they came out better than I had previously thought. I was happy with the end result of my first edit practise because I tried to make the shots flow one after the other, which they appeared to do within my opening.

Although the overall outcome of my film opening was good for my first edit, when I compared it to the storyboard that I created it wasn't quite the same. The overall timing of the videos meant that there wasn't much time for the flashbacks so it had to be extended and the ending reduced. This meant that there were no shots about how the couple first met, as it ended when the woman read the letter where the flashbacks would've occured. Although it didn't follow the storyboard towards the end 100%, it still had the basic storyline in which I intended in the first place.