Let's try this again! (Editing Blog)

 Today I decided to take another shot at editing. I wrote down all the advice I got from my teacher and decided to tackle them one by one. Ashleigh agreed, so I Facetimed her, and we brainstormed ideas on how to improve the project. The biggest problem I have with the project is that despite it being a horror film, it isn't scary enough. We decided to mute some of our original audio and replace it with typical horror sounds from Youtube. The laugh, for example. Before it was Ash and I laughing in unison to create an echo. We replaced that with a creepy child giggle from Youtube. All of this is of course, royalty-free because we don't want to be sued for copyright, and we don't have enough time to request any music. We decided to split the editing into two so that we could save time. Ash insisted on doing the first half. This is the dream part of the project. She didn't like how it was filmed because she thought it was inconsistent with the second half, which I filmed. We can't edit simultaneously on CapCut so we're sending each other screen recordings of what we've changed. We found that rather than adding another filter to the video, we can change the temperature and exposure and keep the filter we already have. This has changed the video so much and I love it! Now it actually looks like nighttime, despite only being around six, which is still pretty bright out with the time change. There's a part of the film that needs a voiceover. I was going to do it, but I lost my voice two days ago, and it hasn't come back yet. I'm not worried because one of my groupmates can easily do this or I can ask one of my siblings. With my half of the editing, I figured I could make it a little scarier if I add in some sound effects. For example, before the girl wakes up from the nightmare, I can add a crow screeching. I could also add in a creaky door sound when she opens her bedroom door. There was a part of the film where when the girl was walking down the stairs, she came to a complete stop. I didn't like this because it didn't transition smoothly into the next scene. I cut that scene shorter, so it looks better now. We're still editing right now. I'm afraid to stop and go to bed because I don't know when we'll get time to edit like this again.