THE FEATURES OF POST PRODUCTION: NOVEMBER 28TH

In our last session, we covered the topic of post production and the various effects and meanings which can be conveyed within it. Renowned editor and sound designer Walter Murch constructed a general rule for post production which lists the various feature of post production in the order of their importance;

The first and most important part of post production to be considered is the emotion of the film and to make sure that it flows naturally in the correct way the director wishes. Murch adds that this is most important during post production as each cut must preserve the emotion, rather than distract the audience from it instead.

The second most important feature is the story. Naturally this will be an important feature as the piece you are editing has to make sense but also has to advance the story in a meaningful way. The key to editing the story is to make sure that you cut out any footage which may distract the audience from the story altogether. 

Rhythm is the third important feature in Murch's eyes and rightly so as when editing, if your films pace jumps around from swift to slow, then the film itself shall become to complex for your audience to engage with, leading to them becoming bored and eventually disengaging with it entirely. 

Alongside reading up on Murch's rules of post production, we also experimented with using titles on media composer, allowing us to improve our future pieces further.