MAJOR PRODUCTION; FINE CUT EDIT 1

After seeing the previous rough cut, we sat as a whole year group to view the fine cut. So far, we were really happy with the feedback that we had received from both Beth and Simon in our tutorials. We felt that we were practically there in terms of the picture, we needed to just start adding more sound design and perfecting the grade. The main focus of this cut was getting the music right, we had a composer Brandon Sands on board to create the music for us, myself and Laura were keeping in contact with him to make sure it was all going well, and he got them to us in time for the deadline we gave him mid April. The feedback that we got from the rest of the class was as follows -

- Half of the film looks really nice and cinematic, some scenes do not quite match this 

- Really good cast

- Good access to locations (school etc)

- Great editing

- Music needs work in terms of placement

With this feedback in mind, myself and the rest of the group spent the next day in a lecture room trying to collectively sort some of the issues we had. We played it through a projector in a lecture room as this allowed us to hear the audio better, informing us to know exactly which sound aspects need work.  The first suggestion that I had for the music, was that we used a different song for the beginning. I felt like the first song that is played throughout the film is perhaps too sad/slow, I felt we needed something that was slighting more upbeat, something subtle that still fits in with Marlo feeling sad, but something that will be a stark comparison to the more sad and slow music that we will hear further on in the film. I felt as though this needed to happen so that the overall tone of the film wasn't compromised. Katie started this song 'The Walk' much earlier than it was originally and I think that this fit in much better. 

In terms of the audio issues we were having with some scenes sounding very echoey, Katie tried and tested different effects, changing levels many different ways whilst me and Laura gave our opinions as to what sounded better and what didn't. This worked really well, as eventually we found the right level that made the audio sound much clearer and more pristine. In the end there was only one piece of audio that we couldn't quite perfect, so we will need Angela who plays Julie, to rerecord and send us this file.

Overall, I am really happy with how our edit has come along. I think it stays true to the script and is a good culmination of everything we have worked on.