Post-Production

Titles:

We chose to use scenery shots of our location for our titles to establish the location and genre of our opening sequence. We used a cross dissolve transition between clips to make the opening seconds run smoothly. We chose a serif, cursive font for the cast list to add to the time period in which our film was set in. For the title of our film 'Unrequited', we chose to use a black background in order to show the importance of the name as it has significant meanings within the film. The soundtrack over the titles replaces the natural sound from the clips as we felt it contributed more to the genre and allowed the audience to connect with the film once it starts. We used a sound bridge from "Unrequited" to the establishing shot of the castle with a piece of natural sound from garage band.



Scene 1:

We had difficulty with the editing when going from a mid shot to a long shot of our protagonist reading the letter, as her positioning was slightly different when edited together. To combat this, we use a slow motion effect to make the clips match each other better. We heightened the sound of the opening of the door, as it is a sound signifier; the door is a barrier of the love between James and Rose. We chose not to film many close-ups in the first three scenes of our film, so that during the flashback sequence the audience will be able to connect more to Rose and James with the close ups used.



Scene 2:

In post production, we used a voice-over for the dialogue between Rose and Chester because we felt it added to the connection between characters and audience, as well as improving the sound quality. When making the voiceover and adding it over the clip we had to cut the sound and position it in the right place to make sure it matched which was particularly difficult. When editing this scene we had to match the movement of Rose's hand stroking Chester from a long shot to a mid-close-up.



Scene 3:

Originally we were going to use a much longer clip here of Rose, however after doing this we realised that it did not add much to the stroyline so we chose to cut it very short and then to fade into a flash back of another time which tells more of the story and is more interesting to watch.



Scene 4:

To gain a full understanding for the audience that this scene was a flash back, we edited it by changing the colour to black and white, we then had to change the brightness of the clip to show the writing and light from the candles clearly. We used a voice over here as well of Rose reasing the letter that she is writing, we had to match the voice with what she was writing.