Rough cut

Before the final film can be perfected, a rough cut was made. This has nearly all the video files in the right order with many of the special effects applied but none of which are refined. A large amount of the audio is still from the camera microphone and text is placed throughout the video as a note of what to do in future e.g. reshooting.

Clone shots:

The appropriately dubbed Clone shots are the shots in which our actress, Katy, is shown as both Eve and Lucy in the same frame. We have two full shots of this, and a third to introduce the concept of the two characters. The first clone shot is in Scene 3, right after the 'dance and run' shots. Eve slides down the brick wall and from the right, Eve comes in. This doesn't show both characters in the same shot but acts as a break in continuity. The audience registers this disruption and would come to the intended conclusion that they are two different people. If not, the fact they have Diegetic dialogue between them with eyeline match shows they are separate, at least in some ways. The way to refine these shots for the final edit is to add a feather to the edge of the overlaid video, masking the edge. Because there was a considerable amount of time between the two shots, the lighting had changed drastically. We attempted to make this as similar as possible, but fighting the sun is a lost battle. Lucy's footage can be colour corrected with a few Final Cut filters, then to have the video fade in. This way the footage won't be a jarring cut on half the frame. Editing the clone shots so that they are as clean as possible is a priority. If something is wrong about them, it'll be obvious and likely distract the audience.

Eve slides down the wall

Lucy moves in from the right. Visible edge of the overlay.

Reshooting:

During the original shooting days we were pressed for time, often trying to get several takes but on some occasions forgetting to do so, leading to bad, unusable takes. Other times, skimming over the script and storyboard and missing key shots.

First in need of reshooting was the car stall scene, or scene 1. The original take was too dark to make out anything, with the only light coming from the lamppost (which still work in apocalypse of course). This also has no synchronous sound recorded externally, which is the reason for the shoddy silent gaps.

The rest of the mistakes made are only single shots; for example, the tilt up at 5:26, which is need of redoing with a tripod. While the missing shots, like the wide crying shot at 5:11 weren't filmed in our original three days. While these shots are far and few between they bring everything else down, standing out considerably to any observant eye.

General Editing:

Because this is a rough cut, many of the cuts are not timed perfectly. Each shots are in the right order, but they need adjust either a second or two before or after it's current place. This is to adjust the timing and flow of each scene and make sure each transition is as seamless as possible.

Just about all the sound for the film is in need of editing. The first priority is making sure the synchronous sound is in the timeline and synced with each appropriate shot. After this it's foley then finally