Business As Usual - My Edits

Edit 1

Business As Usual - Edit 1 from Chris Thorby on Vimeo.

The first group edit was done really quickly and my last name was spelt wrong. I have changed it and added capital letters where's needed to make it neater. I have also added a new font, one I think is far better than the basic black "Arial". I think this font is more clear.

Edit 2

Business As Usual - Edit 2 from Chris Thorby on Vimeo.

I have cut where the argument begins and enlarged it, so I crop out the background that can be seen at the top. The sheet is meant to fill the whole frame.

Edit 3


Business As Usual - My Edit from Chris Thorby on Vimeo.

I have changed the font of the titles and I have used harsh cutting for the argument to make to more aggressive. It's not really a one shot film now because I have cut it but it's an edit I really wanted to do. I have used the editing to create the close ups, as if it were the camera. I could of filmed more scenes and edited them in but that would have completely changed it from being our one shot film, I wanted to use only what we filmed and see what I could do with the editing. I have drawn attention to the hand gestures as they show the argument best by themselves. Olivia is pointing and shoving in this argument, whilst Alex is holding out his hands questioning and denying what she is accusing him of. I just love the difference between their hand gestures, it works better than showing the face shouting.

I think making lots of cuts definitely works for this argument, the way we are moved all over the place in terms of what we are seeing puts us on edge and makes it more tense.
There is a moment where Olivia begins to smile during the argument in the orginal edit which makes you realise the argument isn't real. I managed to enlarge the film and crop out her mouth showing just her hands and part of her body. I have enlarged parts of film to create the close ups and I managed to cut out a lot of the background that could be seen behind the 2nd backdrop, which I'm really happy about. I think the editing I've done makes the film far more engaging.