Throughout the editing process my ideas were changed because we didn't get a few of the shots we wanted to. For example, we wanted a shot similar to the one in Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992), with a profile perspective of the characters. Because of problems when we were filming, we didn't get this shot so we had to change our ideas. I also experimented with Final Cut itself and managed to use a slow-motion tool to slow down the shot where the characters are walking past some garages towards the camera. I believe that this gives a good effect and it makes the audience realise the film is about them. For this sequence, I wanted the audience to recognise that it was a gritty urban drama and because of this recognition I wanted them to enjoy the sequence as if they were confused about the genre, they wouldn't enjoy it. Editing would help the audience understand, because if the shots weren't in the right order and the appropriate effects weren't used, it wouldn't fit into the sub-genre.



The feedback we received has helped us greatly with our final touches to our sequence. We received a lot of positive feedback so this made us feel reassured and happy with our sequence, knowing that others felt that it fit in with the sub-genre and that it was a good representation of the sub-genre. However, we got some feedback about the sound levels so we changed this, to make sure the soundtrack and the voice-over worked well together and that the volume changed appropriately, depending on whether the voice-over or the soundtrack was the main bit of sound in that particular part of the sequence. We also got some feedback on a shot of a broken fly-tipped sofa that was an irrelevant shot. At first we believed it would be good to keep this shot as it represented the grimey town we filmed in and it would give a good sense of mood and atmosphere but the camerawork was not professional so we removed the shot. A lot of people also commented on the shot of the boy doing graffiti, saying it was too dark to see, so we changed the brightness. Finally, people also believed the shot of the posh boy was too long, so we put some shots of the other boys on their own in the middle of this shot, representing and showing that the posh boy wasn't really in the group at all. Overall, there wasn't a major amount of technical skill needed to produce this sequence as the sub-genre doesn't use amazing special effects and can be clearly demonstrated by the real settings, props and costumes. I believe I developed my skills throughout, just by experimenting with Final Cut with the creation of slow motion and freeze frames.