Editing- Pace

Pace was something which was very hard to get right in our thriller because we open with a tracking shot and have a horizontal tracking shot in the middle too. We started with the camera fully zoomed in and zoomed out as far as possible- not in control of the speed or pace here- and then started to slowly move the folly backwards. This was the difficult part to pace as we had to try to match the speed to the speed of the zoom. Achieving this took us 5 or 6 takes, although we got it in the end. Again, the horizontal tracking shot in the middle of the sequence was a last minute thought. We did one take and realised that it was way too fast and wouldn't match the slow and steady pace of the rest of the sequence, so we had to watch the initial tracking shot to get an idea of the pace and then film the horizontal one again.
Also, when editing, we created a few sequences where we tried out different orders of our clips. For example, we had one sequence where we started with a focus pool on the keyboard and had the tracking shot later on. Playing around with editing in this way meant that we had to focus on the pace and in the end, we decided that the pace of the sequence flowed better when it started with the track.