Editing

Yesterday Sofi and I got together and edited the footage together that we filmed on Sunday. At first it felt a bit overwhelming because we had about 72 clips to choose from. However we took it one step a time. We set up our shots list right next to my computer and we started of with the first location. As we combed through the shots we looked at 3 things to distinguish what shots were better than the other. The first thing was how natural was the line delivery from the characters. Second, we looked at the quality of the lighting and colors of the shot. Lastly, we listened for which clip had the best sound quality. 

As we put the film together we came across some challenges. For instance, the speed of a scene. In the school scene, there is a shot of a car backing out and driving away. This shot was way to slow, as the car’s driver did it that way to ensure we got the proper shot. However, while I was editing I found a cool editing technique which allows for the shot to be sped up and slowed down.

Another trouble that we went through was the differentiation in the lighting of the shots side by side. This made the film seem unprofessional, and that is not the vibe that we are going for. During our editing journey we found a setting called color match, which allows the editor to edit the shot to have the same colors as another shot.

Our last challenge that we have yet to overcome is that our film is over by 20 seconds. We have to figure out which scenes are not essential to our story line which is going to be really hard. 

After we were done editing we made a to do list. includes : adding titles, music, and making the foleys necessary. That is what the rest of my week will be consumed of. Stay tuned!