Final Cut

 

CCR Question One

How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?  

CCR Question Two

How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text? 

This TikTok was designed to promote the film and engage with its target audience effectively. By incorporating Billie Eilish's "My Future" once again, the video reinforces a thematic connection and aligns with the film’s tone. The strategic use of this song could also serve as a powerful marketing tool, helping to further elevate the film's appeal and resonate with viewers.   

CCR Question Three

 

CCR Question Four

 

Removing a Logo

In one of the shots, the logo on the jacket our actor is wearing is quite noticeable. Ideally, I would have preferred the jacket to be plain, but unfortunately, we didn't have an alternative option for him to wear. I was wondering if there might be a way to edit out the logo in post-production, as it could help minimize distractions and allow the audience to focus more on the script and the overall performance. 

Initially, I tried using the "Picsart AI Photo Editor" app, as it is designed for video editing. However, I couldn’t figure out how to remove the logo from the jacket. The app didn’t seem to offer any clear instructions or guidance on how to accomplish this task, which left me feeling a bit frustrated. After exploring the app’s features, I realized it wasn’t the right tool for this particular edit, so I decided to search for a more suitable app that could better meet my needs. 

Next, I gave the app "CutVibe: Video Object Eraser" a try. This app successfully removed the logo, and the result looked great at first glance. However, the downside was that the quality of the video in that shot noticeably deteriorated. It almost seemed like a strange filter had been applied, giving the footage an unnatural, altered look. To get a second opinion, I showed the edited video to my group, and everyone agreed that there was a clear difference in quality, compared to the rest of the footage. After discussing it, we came to the conclusion that it would be better to leave the logo visible in that shot rather than sacrifice the overall camera quality. Since the logo only appears in a single shot, we felt it wouldn’t detract too much from the result, and maintaining the video quality was more important. 

Before editing the shot:

After editing the shot: 

Using Voice Recordings

Today, I had our actors send in voice recordings of their lines for the shot that originally sounded more like background noise than dialogue. Fortunately, the stalker’s character doesn’t show frontality in this shot, meaning his mouth is not visible. This makes it relatively simple to overlay the voice recording since there’s no need for the dialogue to match his lip movements. 

However, the actress playing Eva does have a frontal shot in this scene, so we need to ensure that her voice recording aligns perfectly with her lip movements. To help with this, I sent her the specific shot and asked her to match the pace and rhythm of her original dialogue as closely as possible. I also sent the voice recordings to our editor, who will begin working on syncing them to the footage tomorrow. 

If, for any reason, Eva's audio doesn't align perfectly with her lip movements, we'll revert to using the original audio from the shoot for Eva. While this wouldn’t be an ideal solution, it wouldn’t be a huge issue, especially since the stalker’s voice is the one that is almost inaudible in the original clip. The audio from Eva can be worked with. We're prepared for both outcomes, and the priority is to make sure the scene feels seamless.  

Texts between the actor and I where he sends the voice recordings