Editing is the art, technique and practice of assembling shots into a coherent sequence.
My group and I expected ourselves to have done half of the picture cut by the time our school half term was upon issue we could talk about what was going to happen next over messages and calls.
During my editing process my group and I used Adobe Premiere Pro to order and to edit the lighting in the sequence as when we filmed some shots we accidentally left the container door open which affected our lighting along with cropping our clips for our final, two minute, sequences. We also used Adobe Audition to edit the audio to make additional sounds sound as if they would be in the metal container where we shot the sequence. For example we added the gunshot to make that part of the sequence extremely important as it would be the main part of out piece. Also, there would be sirens added to make it seem as if the characters have just done the heist, just then as it sound like it would be outside of the container and going past and then when the container doors open the sound changes to act as if the viewer is still inside the container listening to the noise. We finally used Adobe After Effects to track the mist of the gunshot so that it would be realistic to the loud bang that we added in to the audio.
We knew that it was going to be hard to be able to have all of us, the group, to be able to work in the editing suit (outside of lesson times) and we would only be certainly in a whole group in our media lessons throughout the week, once a day. However, some of our lessons we weren't even working in the editing suit as we would be working on our Unit 1 for our end of year exam which left us with less time as a full group. I went in whenever I could as I have one free period everyday where I could use the help of the staff to guide me in my editing process. My group mate, Callum Henderson, also has a free period where he would occasionally go in. We would occasionally book a time, which suits us all, for our group to all go in together to go through the editing process. We would have to book because we were sharing our group computer with two other groups who would also be in the same situation as us, wanting to go into editing suit and edit their two minute sequence. My main contribution to the group was with doing the sound, using Adobe After Effects, as in one whole week I went into the editing suit on my own, with the help of the staff in there, through all of my free periods so that I could get it all done. This was extremely helpful for the whole group and the editing process because due to me doing this we could focus on the additional visual effects as a group. We had already decided what needed to be done audio wise so I was able to go in with an aim.
In the first editing lesson that my group and I had we were introduced to the computer and the editing software we would be using throughout the process and this, again, was Adobe Premiere Pro (PR). When being introduced to PR we were shown where we could find all of the clips and shots that we took on our shooting day. We were told to start to look through all of the shots and add them onto something called a timeline. A timeline is where all of the editing would be done, for example, cropping the shots to make them match and putting the shots in the right order. After we had put them onto the timeline and in order from start to finish we called that tab our “log”. This meaning that it would contain all of the clips we were planning on possibly using.
On our first editing session we were introduced to the editing tools available to us inside of Adobe PR, for example, the blade which help cut different clip at a very precise point. There were various different letters which you could click to perform different tasks on the software. These included “A”, “SHIFT+A”, “C” and “V”. “A” and “SHIFT+A” were used to select everything to one side of the curser so that we could bring a selection of clips forwards or backwards. “C” was the blade tool which I have already stated the purpose of its use. “V” is used to come back to the primary curser which is able to drag the different clips around editing our sequence.
Continuity was one of the hardest challenges that my group and I had to tackle. First of all, there were some shots that we took on the day that we were oblivious to the fact that there was something wrong with the shots. For example, as there was another group shooting near our area of filming they did occasionally, slightly, get in the way of our shot meaning that it was going to be unable to be used in our final piece. This meant that we had to change the order of our sequence as at the start of the sequence we were going to have the two characters leaving a minivan and entering the containers while closing the door behind them, however, there was an issue with a tripod left behind from the other group which disabled my group and I to use this at the start of my sequence. This left me to come up an idea to fill this gap, in my free time, whilst my other two group mates weren't in school to help me edit. In this new gap I added different titles for the directors and producers for the sequence. My group and I mastered continuity by almost taking three different shots on each clip on the day of filming. This made it very easy for the editing process to worry about continuity as most of the time there would be a spare, left over, shot which would also be used. However, there were also implications to our continuity in the sequence the characters sometimes do different movements, therefore, it became very difficult to find a way around this problem.
From this editing process I have learned some very important lessons for editing and for film making. First of all I have learned a lesson in film making, which is to always film at least three shots of the same clip because it allows the editing process (post production) to find another clip if there is something wrong with the first one/two. I have learnt that editing is very time consuming yet an enjoyable task which requires a lot to patience to learn all of the different skills and trick you can do with the different softwares to make the product of any type the best it can be. I am very happy with the outcome of my product so far as it is exactly what we wanted at the start plus or minus a few aspects.
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