Behind the scenes: Editing

For the Horror film: Hide and Seek, Editing was req[uired to turn the raw footage into something relatively filmworthy. Here, I'll go over what editing was used in the films production.
Keep in mind that most of the editing was sound-based, or simply cutting scenes out.

1: First of all, in this shot here, the screen fades from the Alexander Films logo into the first scene where McNally picks up the newspaper. The fade and the school bell sound that occurs before the fade-transition both had to be edited in post-filming.

2: Next, we have our first scene of the outdoors. While this screenshot does not show it, the sound of a knife scraping can be heard during this scene, as foreshadowing of future events.
The same applies here.
3: In the above scene, the knife sharpening can be heard again as well as some creepy music, increasing build-up. This continues with cuts to the student walking through the halls and cuts back with the music getting louder, until the camera finishes panning to the killers face at 1:30.
4: When the 1:30 mark is hit, a sound is played, and there is silence. At the 1:34 mark, the same sound is played again as the killer looks at the audience. At 1:36 and 1:38, the sound plays two more times. The first sound signals the cutting from the killer normally looking at the camera to this darkened version:
And the second sound cuts to black. This part closes out the video, and instils some fear in the audience, especially considering that the killer presumably knows about them (or someone else who was watching him) and that the forth wall will not protect them.

5:
The credits play after the short ends with some calm, if creepy music plays, providing ambience. Silence could have also worked, but the ambience provides a contrast to the previous scene where the killer looks up at the audience.

After the credits, the darkened mask shot flickers in and out, keeping the face firmly in the memory of the audience.

07/04/2017 Alex Harris

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