Editing

Although only partway through our filming, we decided to get all the footage onto Emma's Mac, and using Final Cut Pro, begin to edit, rearrange the order, and decide which sections of footage were the correctly filmed, for example, certain scenes we filmed more than once because the audio wasn't correct, or the actors performances weren't correct.
We initially cut out the sections where Akshay says 'Action', and marked all clips of footage which weren't to be used within our film. We also resolved the important matter of the cupboard scene which we wouldn't be able to refilm, and the footage was unfocused. The camera focuses as Emma (Femme) reveals her bruises, implying a moment of clarity for Hawke.

During editing the Office scenes, I found that on the top of the computer screen, slightly visible was the words "The Knights Templar School", however we decided to correct this with colour correct. 

I also noticed when editing the sections of the Police station, that as Hawke walks off, James walks round the corner before into camera shot. I realised this wasn't true to the continuity and therefore we edited it by cutting it short, adding and adding a crossfade from the previous scene to create a smoother transition. 

Furthermore, as we watched back the footage from the Police Station shoot, as 'Raymond' walks away from bumping into James, I realised that Josh looked not only straight at the camera, but also we revealed the entirity of his face, and therefore character which we wanted to keep concealed until the final scene. 

When looking at the Scout Hut scenes, we had to choose the various shots we created to make sure continuity was correct as when Kaine (Michael) - the lead drug dealer, confronts Dexter (Steven), the actors moved, and therefore we had to refilm. Not only did they move, but Michael's grasp changed it's placement on Stevens jumper and so ruined continuity. We managed to alter this by cutting down the footage to a closer shot, and cropping the image, expanding it to fit the screen so that this scene flowed more smoothly.

When filming within Mr Pickering's office with Daniel and James, in editing, we had two shots of the pictures which were very interesting, one was an over the shoulder, and the other was a properly focused and clarified shot. I felt that they were both interesting, however the order of the photos wasn't the same, so we scratched the clarified clear shot of the pictures, and used one where Daniel picks them up off the desk. This made transitions easy, we cropped Daniel into the shot slightly and furthermore, expanded it to fit the screen.