F.L - Editing Reflection Week 2

Editing Reflection

After last week we had a few issues with our editing computer, which meant that editing was extremely slow and the programme would either crash or be constantly 'loading'. This slowed down our editing process. After investigation it was discovered that our DataDisk had crashed and explained the problems we had been experiencing.

To solve this we moved computers, however, this meant we lost the editing I had started last week. In our double period I had to redo the editing I had completed before, as well as getting new footage edited. 

This is an overall screenshot of the editing that I completed throughout the lesson. I mainly worked  through chronologically (with the story boards) however, we didn't have all of our footage at school, therefore I had to miss out the 'morning after' scenes in my editing. 

• My editing only focused on basic techniques, such as dropping and dragging footage onto the timeline, sorting through the correct/appropriate clips then choosing the best and simple cutting of footage. 
• This is enhancing my basic skills in Premiere and making me more confident in simpler tasks so I can confidently edit through and stitch together the appropriate footage.
• I also had to start matching up the lip synching with the lyrics, which is quite difficult to get accurate. I overcame this by zooming in closely to the timeline and moving the footage in very small and precise motions to the left or right, until it perfectly matched.

Once I had re-edited the footage that we lost when changing computers, I started editing more of the project, which included the new footage from the weekend filming at the Pantiles. This used similar editing skills, such as cutting and shortening of clips. As you can see in the screen shot below. 

This is a close up screenshot of the timeline, where you can see the new footage that I began to edit. Although I stuck closely to the call sheet, when editing you have the freedom to make individual choices about which clips are appropriate out of the variations of shots, and where to cut and edit. 

• Due to the fast cutting rate of music videos, all of the cuts I made were on average, every two seconds, this meant that I had to be very selective about the footage I chose. I had to make sure that continuity flowed throughout as well as ensuring that the narrative continued and that the best quality footage was used. 

However, once we have cut and finalised all of our footage on the timeline, we will then start with colour grading and visual effects, which will help me broaden my editing abilities.