Evaluation of Final Cut

With more time added to the project, I found myself piecing together a second cut of my film in an attempt to fix errors I had with my first cut. Most prominently was shooting certain shots that were missing before that I had previously addressed such as actually showing the coat being taken off and showing me enter the house. Without these shots, the jump between exterior to interior would feel too sudden. However I had to shoot these myself so the quality degrades in these shots.

I began to colour edit in this cut. The shots of me indoors were tinted yellow slightly in order to work against the other character's shots as I noticed the lighting had changed slightly during the shoot. It is most notable that I edited the colour when I approach the front door of the house. This is the first assignment that I went deep with colour editing so I had a hard time trying to make the colour consistent which is why the gradient of yellow shifts slightly as it cuts between characters.

I also sorted out a few issues with the sound. Specifically the break in sound as one character stands up as I noticed that the background audio came in and out frantically. I erased the background audio however there is a brief moment where it blends in with the dialogue therefore making it harder to get rid of it. I also kept the background audio in for the last shot in order to signify the snap back into reality as well as the shot of me entering the house from the inside because I needed to capture the sound of the door and the coat being taken off.

While I am overall glad I did a second cut, the problems I got rid of were replaced by new ones. Sound isn't as much an issue however the colour is more noticeable. All I can say is that I will use this assignment as an example of experimentation in film. Even if my film doesn't look great technically, I think the idea stage was the strongest area although I did learn more in post such as the aforementioned colour editing as well as taking certain cut types such as Insert Cuts and Reaction Cuts into account.