Editing and music software
For the editing process, we used Adobe Premiere Pro editing software (a timeline based video editing application).
We edited down our 20 minutes of footage in a 2 minutes and 10 second opening sequence.
The first thing we did was watch all of the footage and select the 'rushes' that we wanted to use. After that, we sorted the video clips into a rough order of what we thought the opening sequence would look like. Finally, we saved the un-edited 'rushes' to a 'bin', where the videos could be accessed on our next editing day.
On the 2nd and 3rd day of editing, my group and I watched all of the footage we wanted to use and deleted any clips that were similar to other shots or clips we didn't want to use. We started to edit the beginning of the opening sequence, merging clips together and making the sequence feel more fluid.
On the 4th and 5th days of editing. Emily, my group partner, looked for music to use for our sound score. Meanwhile, I edited more of the opening sequence, editing clips together and adding titles with smooth transitions such as fades. Furthermore, we worked on speeding up the pace of the editing halfway through the opening sequence and created a montage of our protagonist going through his personal belongings or adding to his collection of objects.
On the final day of editing, Emily worked on creating our own sound score as the artist we contacted for permission to use their music did not reply. Emily used one of the pre-made horror genres from Adobe Premiere and changed it slightly such as the pace and volume in some areas to give it a more psychological theme/ intent. I watched over the opening sequence, worked on finalising the sequence by creating smoothening the transitions between some shots and title placement on screen.