Editing Our Prelim Part One!

After filming last week, our groups were split up into a group of two and a group of three. Immy and I were to then to edit the short clips we filmed the week before. The software we used was Adobe Premier, a software were I thought the lay out was much more simple is essence than final cut pro.

 There were a few steps we used to get our editing process going, first we imported the files into Adobe Premiere by clicking the already imported MXF files, which is the format of the film in the camera. Next we were too create a file in the small box area were our clips opened in Premiere, this file was called a bin, it is so that everything is organized, making you editing process easier. I learned that not only are you supposed to put your files all in a Bin which we called Rushes, but also make a file called the Log Bin which is the place where you put your good clips in, the ones that are going in your final work. It makes it much neater to edit when using a Log Bin. 

During you editing it is so important that you just keep saving your work, because randomly the compute could just cut out and all your work would be lost. A control that can make your saving much easier rather than using File and the save, you can just press Command S on the apple computer which will automatically save your work. 

When finally picking the best clips that will be best to edit, I watched them over and over in order to see which part was the perfect one for the sequence in the scene, it is very much like a jigsaw puzzle, you must always remember continuity. If the shot before does not add up, for example then sound or is a door is open in the last shot but i the new one it is shut, it can effect your editing and can capture the eyes of the audience watching rather than watching the actual short film. 

When selecting the moments that I wanted to put in the film, I would watch it, then when it came along press Command I, which means the start of what you want to drag down, and the Command O to have the complete short clip you want for the drag down board. 

Sound bridges were also very important in a part of the sequence. We used a clip with our main character speaking , then placed another clip on top of it, muting that one. This means that you can still hear the character speaking over the new clip, they are in sync.