Editing

As I have finished filming I have now started editing.

The programme I am using for editing is Final Cut Express. The two programme i could choose between were final cut and Imovie, I chose final cut because although imovie is simpler, there is more room for different techniques, effects, and interpretation on final cut.

Showing my bin with my shots and the two folders in.

The first thing I had to do was organize my shots. As I had filmed most shots more than once, I decided to make two folders in the bin that my shots are in. One is called 'Used' and another called 'not needed', this is so once i use shots i can get them out of the way, and also so i know which shots i have used incase I need to go back and change something.

Whilst editing I had my animatic open in another window, so i could check the timings whilst editing.

I edited all film chronologically, paying extra care to continuity. During i filming I tried to film the same thing from different angles, so making sure the continuity that I learned earlier in the year was put into place.

In this lesson of editing I got to roughly 1 minute that I was happy with.  One of the new ideas I got in this lesson was that before the shot from inside the fridge I would put a title before it than a black out, this looks effective in my opinion, as the fridge opens from complete darkness. It also gives the feeling of a movement in time form the last shot.

The edited section of the character doing up his shoes. 

The hardest piece of editing I did this lesson was the part of my character doing up his shoes. As i had so many shots, I had to cut each one up in too short parts than piece them together. This was also hard as I wanted to time to start when the music becomes more up tempo. It took very long, but I was happy with it.