Fiction Adaptation Unit- Editing photographs for film.

Today I have completed the basic edits for the photograph sound piece that will be appearing within my film. This sound piece will be the flash-forward scene of the main character imagining what the experiences of war will be like in Russia.
The photographs that were taken original consisted of my main character (played by Andy) finding himself in the middle of a battlefield. He would climb a small hill before surveying the destroyed remnants of a city. He would then be made aware of a plane flying overhead which drops a nuclear bomb on the city. The blast from the bomb would engulf him which would knock him back into reality and out of the flash-forward. The original photos can be found here:

These photographs were taken by my cameraman Tim. It was a very dull day, and as such the sky appears a grey-ish white colour. This wasn't something I'd counted on when I drew up my original storyboard, but I actually really liked the way it looked. As it turned out, the simple sky as a backdrop made it easier to manipulate the photographs later too.
My favorites of the edited photographs can be found here:

Andy's character is startled by the sound of an explosion from over the hill.

Andy sees the destroyed city for the first time.

Andy hears the sounds of approaching planes

As the nuclear bomb is dropped, Andy prepares himself.

I edited the photos by simply adding a black and white filter and changing the settings until it created a style I liked. I also made sure to use the same settings throughout the editing process so that the correct shades of black and white were consistent throughout.
I then proceeded to crop Andy out of the original photographs and placed him into a background I had photoshopped.
I really like the way this editing process has gone, so much so that I kind of wish I had used this stop-motion photographic style of film making throughout my entire film, as opposed to just the flash-forward sequence. My next step will be to edit the video part of my film, which I plan to do this monday.