Rough-Cut: Editing Sound & Lighting

Whilst editing the rough-cut of my product on 'Final Cut Express', I have developed my editing skills by capturing footage and cutting clips up into the timeline. However, the lighting and sound needed a lot more work. Therefore, I have developed my skills in both of these sections. The following screenshots are examples of how I did this.

EDITING LIGHTING

In this screenshot I intended to lighten the following shot with Jake. So I went to 'effects' and pressed on 'Video Filters' to see the different filter options. I pressed on 'Colour Corrector' and dragged onto the clip within my timeline. This then allowed me to open up the filter and move the; whites, mids, blacks and sutures left to right to ensure the shot with Jake could be seen. I moved the whites to the right to shot lighter, but then toned down the mids to stop the shot looking grainy. Finally, I moved the 'blacks' to the right to match the whites again so the shot looked brighter and didn't look grainy. I didn't change the 'stature' because it wasn't necessary and I feel the shot still has that 'horror' element to it. 

EDITING SOUND

In this screenshot I was editing my sound because at parts it seemed unrealistic and slightly to high or low in some places. For this specific example, I was using the 'Pen - Tool' in order to break up the volume line. THerefore, I pressed on the volume line and dragged on half of the volume down because I wanted it to be suddenly quiet for specific part of my project. I did this for my other sounds too.