Second editing lesson

This lesson, i basically finished my editing, except from the very last shot.

This lesson required less technical editing, due to the longer shots, and the shots of my character walking. One of the things had to perfect, was the part of my character climbing out of the window. I started of by using continuity editing, and having my character climbing out of the window form different angles. I was happy with this, but it did look a bit messy because my actor scrambles out of the window quite clumsily. My character is represented in a cool, collected way, and I think showing him struggle out of the window at the start would take away from the vibe I wanted.  So instead, I decided to have my character opening the window, than a title, than him outside closing the window, this will show an obvious movement in time, as well as not showing him trying to scramble out.

My final decision of how ti show him climbing out the window. 

Cross dissolve of my character walking down a road

When filming I filmed my actor walking down quite a rickety road in my town. I really liked how this road looked, but it was too long to use the hole shot in my film. So instead I cut it into three small sections, and cross dissolved them into each other when the character is at different points down the road.

Effects folder in final cut

Before completing editing, i need to decided how I will end the opening. I want the music to fade out at the end, rather than having a sudden silence, I feel a fade will be more appropriate.
In the effects folder there is a large range of effects you can use on video and audio.
I had a lot of fun playing with the effects, and this really helped my knowledge of final cut, and of what you can o as an editor.