Post production report

Post production consists of editing our production and producing a final cut. Throughout the post production stage there is a number of necessities which we have to carry out as part of the process. This include typical editing elements such as;

- Capturing consists of selecting footage we wanted in our production which we would put to use. This required us going through all our footage, and selecting takes of a particular shot and capturing it. Once we decided whether or not the shot would be included, we recorded it down in a log.
- Syncing sound to match continuity and make the audio flow, putting an emphasis on realism. Hard cuts and jumps in sound would most probably result in distorting the audience. This involves overlapping sound clips and syncing sound levels in a decrescendo crescendo fashion in between sound clips, resulting in more flowing audio.
- Sound levels had to be accustomed to fit our preference. Also if audio was seemingly too loud, quiet or even broke the sound level, this would have to be changed by raising or lowering custom points on the sound clip.

- Titles in the film are essential for crediting cast and crew. They appear in the opening sequence of the film as well as the end of it.

They were a few specific decisions which involved the entire production groups view, and furthermore situations which were dealt with some difficulty.

Scene 1 Shot 2

- Scene 1 shot 2 was an overly lit shot. The amount of light within shot had a negative effect visually. For the first scene we wanted to create a morning sun, in which we used red and blue gels to create warm feel. For shot 1 this was successful, however shot 2 had a lot more distance for light to enter the shot. As a result the shot appeared artificial and grainy, effecting our continuity prior to the first shot of the scene. To atone, we lowered the light manually in the post production stages. This included lowering the opacity and brightness of the shot through the effect controls. This allowed us to improve this shot somewhat, to fit the lighting theme of the scene.

Scene 2

Scene 2 had a lot going on audio wise. This resulted in us having to edit the sound.

- Amelia's mother was involved in a lot of activity, including washing up, making toast, putting toast on the table and dialogue. The flowing of the water when washing up stopped abruptly in a cut, this effected continuity in which it had to be edited. To avoid this jump in sound, i made the sound of washing up repeat subtly by copying the sound clips and putting them together. This made it sound as if the tap kept on running. Moreover sounds such as the impact of Amelia's mother putting down the plate of toast, Amelia's mother bracelets hitting the table and Amelia further putting down the plate, all resulted in high unwanted levels of sound. These all had to be lowered.

Scene 7

- Scene 7 consisted of one shot. The emphasis editing wise was the sound that the door made whilst being closed. The closing of the door resulted in a very loud sound, putting the audio levels to its limit. For the most part, it didn't even sound like a door being shut anymore. After trying to lower and toy with the sound levels we realised that the sound was unavoidable. This lead to us recording a completely original sound of a door being shut, muting out the other sound and playing it over the scene to match the sync of the door being shut.

Scene 2 Main title

- The position of the main title was somewhat subject for debate. Originally the title appeared the last shot of the scene, this was because the last shot includes Amelia leaving her house and we somewhat begin to join her on her journey. So it was fairly appropriate, however we decided that professionally it would be more effective if we put the directors title in this position instead. For the main title, we finally decided that we would reinforce our play on words by accompanying the title with our central image, in that being toast itself. Additionally this title was the first to include the font which we later included in every title, this title almost looked like the type font used in the Marmite logo, and somewhat represented that. The position of the title was central left, with the plate of toast next to it.

Scene 20

- Throughout scene 20 there is a exaggerated sound of a phone vibrating. As the audio levels of the phone we actually used wasn't loud enough, we decided to record a phone vibrating on a surface were it would produce a louder sound. Although intentional, this sound was very loud and had to be somewhat lowered overall. The audio had to be altered so it would appear to be progressive, getting gradually louder as Amelia became more agitated. This included us having to edit the sound clips to fit the convention. However because we were only using one sound clip which had to be duplicated and continuely repeated to match the duration of the visuals, this proved to be difficult, for if we didn't do this suffiecently it would effect continuity. Evidently this proved successful.