Editing Post (visual)

 (Visual Editing)

When I thought of my editing process I thought of a few programs I could use. I thought of Clip Champ but it was buggy when I used it in class, so I landed on iMovie since back in middle school I used to use it all the time for projects. It also has a lot more filters and settings than Clip Champ so in my head it was a no brainer. This especially worked in some scenes where the camera pans across the screen to show some characters, I wanted the color to look as good as possible. 

For example, This shot of Lil' Joe I wanted to capture a conventional crime genre type color scheme with the color so I tried to imitate it with filters, I used the "Blue" filter to make the scene really come to life for me. 

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I wanted to focus on shot placement, cutting, and fixing the rough edges around my filming. When cutting between shots, I avoided fast cuts where my actors would be in completely different positions in the next scene, I also made sure shots connected right and synced up well with the next. 

 I also adjusted the brightness of some footage, The original garage lighting felt off to me so during editing,  I lowered the exposure slightly and increased contrast to create some more deeper shadows which are commonly used in the mafioso type genre. This made the space feel more dramatic and less like some boring garage. 

Next, I wanted to color grade the scene. I started by adding cooler tones to make the environment to remove warmth and make the scene look a bit more serious. This reinforces the theme of secrecy of the garage.