As previously stated, we decided to edit one shot each and put these together, using extra shots which do not require editing in After Effects (such as the side view of the stag climbing out of the frame) as transitions/cut aways.
I have taken responsibility for the shot in which the stag appears within the woodland scene and begins walking towards the frame. I edited this shot within After Effects in the previous session but was not entirely content with it as the avoid problems of scale, I had the stag fading out and fading back in closer to the frame, as oppose to the stag gradually getting larger in scale as he approaches the frame.
I therefore decided to use the time in the final edit session to re-edit this shot. I wanted to find a way of creating the impression that the stag was walking along the path, towards the frame. However I encountered one major problem, that is, our actor begins to raise his arms and legs much much before I would want him to within the scene.
To solve this problem yet achieve the scene I wished to, I cut a small section of the clip and copied it many times. For each copy of the clip, I adjusted the scale and position of the stag. The stag now appears to be walking towards the frame; although the walk is disjointed, we believe this adds to the uncanny ambience.
For the last clips, I had to create a mask to avoid shattering the illusion of the stag within the woodland scene, as his legs suddenly appear infront of the frame. As I used the mask tool during the last edit session, I was confident enough to do this and manipulate the mask as the stag begins to climb out of the frame.
Once we had each completed our individual shots, we gave them to Emma to compile in Premiere Pro.
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