Editing and soundtrack

During our editing process we experimented with many ideas. First of all we had to make sure we had all the footage in the correct order to make sure it had a flowing and easy following mini storyline in the opening sequence. We then cut unnecessary footage from these clips which were not needed. We then played around with speed levels to make a slow motion and double speed. We did this by decreasing the time from 100 to 50 and then increasing the time from 100 - 300. We used this for making the bump between the 2 main characters to show love at first sight and to stand out as it is an important introduction to whats going to happen with the characters. This is a classic convention used in teenage romantic comedy films. We also experimented with fades on the titles and clips to make it more professional and sound levels to make sure the background noise on clips was minimal with the dialogue sounds increased to make sure the audience can hear it properly. We did this by moving the sound bars up and down to make sure we had the appropriate level. This took a lot of time but we feel we have done this well.

Lee, Claire and Tom did alot of the editing but with contribution for ideas by everyone in the group. We all contributed and created our soundtrack.

Our soundtrack was produced in Garage band. We used acoustic guitar, drum kit and clavinet. These instruments are popular for teenagers and used in many of these genre films. We have made a simple beat with a cheesy clavinet bouncy rhythm to portray a getting ready for school and happy feeling for the audience. We did feel the sounds are restricted to make a professional backing track so we have added a song by the doors called hello i love you because the lyrics, strangely, basically perfectly depict the higher class of Felicity and the un-importance of Zach and how a romance would become of it all. 'Hello i love you wont you tell me your name?' and 'She holds her head up high, like a statue in the sky'. We feel very happy with our edit and soundtrack.