* A sequence of moving polaroids which have been placed on top of one another to create the effect of a stack of photographic memories - an emotional insight, which our protagonist is sharing with her audience. We added a photograph of a polaroid (we felt this type of frame would look more cheesy / romantic - which is the look (at this stage ) we were aiming to create. By placing the polaroid image onto the timeline & adding the footage above on a new stream (we also cropped, resized & rotated the footage using the image+wireframe tool & the motion tab)
*Our first scene in the coffee shot - using only three of the original clips (we shot from a vast variety of angles in order to backup our editing scope) to create a short piece of continuity editing to compress the 'end' of the couples relationship. We didn't have to alter much, apart from trimming most of the clips down in order to make the sequence flow more naturally & reversing the actions of our male lead (Bing) to create the emotional effect needed. The key for this section was making sure that the x3 clips ran smoothly & didn't jump or jolt - which would detract from the performance & the concentration. We also had to ensure that there was a continuity transition between this scene and the next (1980's) in order to fulfil our 'time travel' vision and make it look as if our protagonist (Rhianna) had opened a coffee shop door and exited into the 80's (not just gone to another location on another occasion).
*Finally when reassessing our 1980's footage & spending a lot of time cropping & trimming the clips; we decided we needed to add an establishing entrance to the era. Previously we only had footage (a long shot) of Rhianna (lead female) entering the gym (1980's) and it didn't fit our brief at all. There was no clear indication to the fact she had jumped from era to era & we needed our motif to present itself to our audience straight away. Thus we decided to film Rhianna (in our outfit from our first filming shoot), entering the gym (with a medium close up shot) looking extremely puzzled, then flip to the 80's aerobics actors choreographed sequence, and back to a floor to head shot of Rhianna's 80's attire. This shot - reverse - shot sequence enabled us to set up our thread for the rest of the eras & also gave us the correct transition from the coffee shop - to the gym. The angles & style & distance of the footage now allowed the x2 pieces to seem well connected & clever- rather than messily constructed, as they had before.
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