editing process and shots yay

 pre lightning oscars post:

normally, most people wouldn't be excited about editing since it seems long and really just annoying. i actually love it. editing is fun and it's always been something that i enjoy doing. 

 i know that i want my clips to be fast and to emphasize her sense of a manic episode. i did a lot of close up shots on hands and gripping to really highlight the anxiety that she's feeling. since she did do some crying and speaking i don't want the music to overshadow it and muddy my sounds. i think the violin strings will have to be very particular in their placement to not cover any dialogue. 

i haven't talked a lot about my way of filming so let's do that:

i did lots of medium shots where it felt like a handheld because i want my audience to feel her madness. the first clip straight away looks like someone walking in on her as if seeing it from inside. we did her makeup to show how she has already been through a lot and that this is clearly from the ending of the story. i chose a black shirt with black pants just to show her depressive episode. some more shots were from above when she's going through the suit case. some still shots when she starts moving things around on the desks and the dresser. i really liked the shot from the mirror as if something were behind her. the light played really well with this idea of a sad blue tone. sometimes i wonder if red would have been better to show pain and alertness but the blue hue seems more fitting and natural in a way.