For the last post of this week, I wanted to give a rundown of the filming process we wanted to do this week, however, due to scheduling issues with my groupmates we were unable to record it this week and will be pushing it back to next week. So instead I would like to use this post to talk about some editing techniques in horror movies that would be great to use in our film since we will be editing in the coming weeks.
Editing Techniques in Horror Movies
1. The first and in my opinion most important technique I want to keep in mind for the editing of the opening is the pacing. The pacing is a central component in horror movies and event the opening so that the audience can be introduced to the events of the plot in a way that does not make them too bored nor makes them feel like it was too much too fast and they do not understand anything. In our film, I was thinking of making the opening shots slower-paced and ramping up the speed of the cuts and overall feel of the film as the main character gets closer and closer to dying. In this way, the opening will have slow to fast pacing mirroring the emotions of the main character as his mundane activity of being in his house becomes a scary nightmare that happens all too quickly. This will also aid in making the audience feel fear and suspense.
2. Another technique I want to use is some special effects. My groupmate Hayden mentioned that we should do something like Nope where they had some shots that were fully lit but then worked to make them dark in post-production along with some camera settings. I will experiment with the effects to see if it is possible and manageable or if we should scrape that idea. Another thing I wanted to do is black out the eyes of our dark figure when he does the reveal as a doppelganger at the end which will give him an inhuman look and I think it should add to the creepiness and mystery we are trying to develop in the film.
Something like this for the blackout effect.
This is a guide on how to make a shot in daylight into the night that I may try and recreate.
3. Another editing technique I want to use is music inserts. This one is fairly simple but whenever the actions ramp up or something significant is happening I want to play suspenseful music along with it to try and double down on the fear that is being produced.
4. Another technique we may use is inserting the audio after the events. We may record all the audio separately and then add it later during the editing process. For some shots, this will require good lip syncing but since we have this in mind it should not be that hard. However, if we are able to get a good enough mic to get all the audio since the camera we are going to use does not have a mic we may scratch this idea entirely.
5. Finally, for the final scene when the main character dies we want to use a cross-cut back to the living room with the echoes of the main character's scream to imply that he had died but not overly show it. This will help us keep up the pacing while also setting up what happens after our film.
Conclusion
Although we were unable to get the filming done this week we are still on track since we are starting the week 5 work now. Thinking about the post-production so early may even help to make the actual production go better since we are consciously thinking about it now. In my next post, I will likely experiment with the special effects mentioned in this post so stay tuned.
Sources:
https://filmstro.com/blog/horror-movie-editing-how-to-add-the-scare-factor-in-your-film
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