When finished with filming, our footage was loaded onto the computer. We accessed this footage on the programme ‘Final Cut Server’. We checked out the Edit Proxy and not the raw footage to edit in our editing exercise. An Edit Proxy is a digital copy of the footage so that we are not actually editing the real footage.
Logging the Shots:
To log our shots we created a log bin to keep the shots separate from our full footage. The purpose of logging the shots is to separate the rubbish shots from the good ones. So seen as we had many of the same shots from the same angle we just had to pick the best shot, for example we did not use ones where the actors messed up their lines. We used the ‘I’ for in and ‘O’ for out to select the shot we wanted and then clicked Modify, then modify clip. This saves the clip to the clip bin at the side of your screen where you then re-name the clip and drag and drop it into the log bin. We had to go through all the shots of each angle and pick the best one that would be the best fit for our overall clip.
Organising your shots:
Once we had logged all the shots we then looked at the storyboard to compare the shots we had to get them into roughly the right order. We then had to look at how we were going to edit our footage, as in whose side is the audience on. Depending on whose side the audience on depends on who gets the most close ups and others shots.
Shot Order:
The shot order is very important in editing as it is essential to continuity. If the angle shot changes right after an action happens it will break the flow of action and will look far to edited. The whole point of editing is so that the sequence will be flowing and so there is good match on action and it doesn’t look like its been edited.
Editing in Final Cut:
Using Final Cut was an interesting experience as I had never looked at any editing program before. It was interesting to plan how to link in different shots to make different characters appear in different ways and to make different things appear harsher or softer. For example when character A said “Do it” he is more powerful than character B and is being quite harsh so we had and extreme close up of his mouth. This draws all the viewers’ attention to his mouth and what he is saying so it seems a lot harsher. Also when character B is left sitting in the room by herself after the whole discussion is finished we cut to an extreme close up of her eyes to show her sad eyes. This once again draws the audience in to what we want them to see and makes them see the sadness and confusion in character Bs eyes.
Logging the Shots:
To log our shots we created a log bin to keep the shots separate from our full footage. The purpose of logging the shots is to separate the rubbish shots from the good ones. So seen as we had many of the same shots from the same angle we just had to pick the best shot, for example we did not use ones where the actors messed up their lines. We used the ‘I’ for in and ‘O’ for out to select the shot we wanted and then clicked Modify, then modify clip. This saves the clip to the clip bin at the side of your screen where you then re-name the clip and drag and drop it into the log bin. We had to go through all the shots of each angle and pick the best one that would be the best fit for our overall clip.
Organising your shots:
Once we had logged all the shots we then looked at the storyboard to compare the shots we had to get them into roughly the right order. We then had to look at how we were going to edit our footage, as in whose side is the audience on. Depending on whose side the audience on depends on who gets the most close ups and others shots.
Shot Order:
The shot order is very important in editing as it is essential to continuity. If the angle shot changes right after an action happens it will break the flow of action and will look far to edited. The whole point of editing is so that the sequence will be flowing and so there is good match on action and it doesn’t look like its been edited.
Editing in Final Cut:
Using Final Cut was an interesting experience as I had never looked at any editing program before. It was interesting to plan how to link in different shots to make different characters appear in different ways and to make different things appear harsher or softer. For example when character A said “Do it” he is more powerful than character B and is being quite harsh so we had and extreme close up of his mouth. This draws all the viewers’ attention to his mouth and what he is saying so it seems a lot harsher. Also when character B is left sitting in the room by herself after the whole discussion is finished we cut to an extreme close up of her eyes to show her sad eyes. This once again draws the audience in to what we want them to see and makes them see the sadness and confusion in character Bs eyes.
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