“Silence” Editing

By Olivia Houlton

Here, we have downloaded all the clips of the filming day and erased the unnecessary ones. Also, we have started to put them in sequence.

21st Nov 2013

This is a shot of an example where we have used a transition. We used a cross fade here because it gives an early insight as to where Darcy is heading, keeping the audience on edge.

21st Nov 2013

Here we used the effect of having two shots overlaying each other. We used the headless teddy as one, and the stuffing on the floor for the other. We chose these two shots because they both show the extent of damage Darcy had done therefore compliment each other well.

21st Nov 2013

Here we are editing the clip of the family pictures being ruined. Through doing this we created low-key lighting in the clip to reflect on the hatred Darcy feels towards them. Also, we used a higher proportion of blue to indicate the coldness Darcy feels towards them too.

26th Nov 2013

For the teddy bear scene, we used the “hard lighting” effect to make the image appear sharper and more aggressive to imply Darcy’s angry emotions. Also, we positioned a light in front of me (Darcy) to create more shadows, therefore making me appear more sinister and scary looking.

26th Nov 2013

After Darcy finds the note, the lighting goes from being very bright, to being darker, sharper and more intense. We created the brightness by increasing the exposure levels, and created the darkness and intensity by lowering the exposure levels and using the “hard light” effect. This shot is an example of the “hard light” effect, after Darcy finds the letter. This very subtle change in lighting, reflects on how Darcy feels calm and relaxed at the beginning of the opening sequence, however after finding the criticizing letter, she snaps and the darker, unstable side of her is released.

5th Dec 2013

However, although this is before Darcy finds the letter, we made it look darker by using the “Vignette” effect. This blacked out the sides of the image.We used this effect here, to foreshadow that her darker side is soon to come. Also, it fits in well with the mise en scene, because, here I (Darcy) am pulling a very concentrated facial expression, reflecting on my obsessive behavior, also foreshadowing the darker side too.

5th Dec 2013

Similarly as the previous slide, although this clip is after Darcy finds the letter, we have used high-key lighting by using an effect called “glow”, and my facial expression is very happy and smiley. We have done this to show how emotionally unstable Darcy is, because one minute she is devastated about the letter and the next she is beaming about it.

5th Dec 2013

This is an example of where we have used high-key lighting before Darcy (me) finds the letter. This is also the clip which introduces Darcy to the viewer. I think that me appearing from around the corner foreshadows that I am a mysterious and shadowy character.

5th Dec 2013