Screen Dance Journals

Week 10: 7/12/17

This week we began to start the editing process for our film. We watched back all the footage we had re-filmed and decided whether we wanted the sections defined with the ‘characters’ or whether we wanted it switching from person to person. We decided we wanted some logical order to it, however we wanted the shot of Kizzy moving the books to be our linking shots. We watched the footage, and took the moments that we liked out of all the clips. We took as little of the footage as possible that still portrayed what we wanted it to say. We done this so the film stayed as a short film, rather than a longer screendance film.

We also decided the sounds for the piece. We liked the emergency sounds and the earthquake sounds that Anna put on the film a couple of weeks ago. It added something contrasting that seemed to enhance the movement. We watched the clips and decided what clips need what sound. The sirens came on our slow floor movement in the wedding dresses. This really worked as the two things shouldn’t work together, however it added depth to the clip and brought out the movement.

For Christie’s movement, we wanted something quite soft and not as full on as the sirens or earthquake sounds. Anna found this sound, which sounded like wind chimes. This worked really well as her movement looked like it was hitting the chimes and making them make the noise. The movement itself was very flowing and quite full on (as in it was filling the whole shot) so the subtlety of the sounds complemented it well.

We like the mix of diegetic, non-diegetic and music sounds within the piece. The footage and the ‘Characters’ it is rather random, which actually works quite well. I am looking forward to next week to finish the editing process ready for the showing.