In terms of the different sections, we had previously decided that
because there were two narratives that would be cut into each other, we would
each edit our initial clips we individually shot. This would involve trimming
and cutting them to ensure the continuity was consistent throughout our own
footage. This was in case we were missing footage or needed to re-film any
sections we would know which member of the groups footage that was. Once our
individual sections were sorted, we decided we would come back as a group and
cut the two narratives into each other together. This is because it would have
been difficult to do this individually separating it into four equal sections.
So, for this session our main priority was for me to edit my individual footage
and then to reconvene as a group to cut the narratives into each other. We
decided we would focus on sound, credits and titles in a later session.
In my second
editing session, the rest of my group had already had their individual footage
edited so they were within their allotted 30 second time allowance. However,
because I wasn't present for the previous session my footage was not yet cut.
The first thing I did was trimming each of my clips to get rid of any
irrelevant footage and to ensure there was continuity throughout my clips. The
biggest problem I found was that when I had put all my relevant footage
together, the clips came to a total time of 55 seconds. This was an issue as we
all knew we were restricted to a strict time limit of 30 seconds to stay as
close to the brief as possible. Therefore, I had to consider ways of cutting
some of my clips down using methods like jump cuts and taking out any footage
that wasn't strictly relevant to the time line. For example, there was a clip
of the villain eating toast which I decided to take out as we already had a
brief clip of him eating so it was not essential to include. When I had cut out
everything I thought was necessary, my section was still over the time limit by
24 seconds. However, when I spoke to my group we realised all our sections were
over the time limit and that it would be sensible to cut the narratives into
each other before we all cut out more footage.
When
we were cutting the two narratives into each other, we sat as a group and went
through the process of cutting the males narrative into the females. We decided
to do it like this because we knew that both narratives were already in order,
so inserting one into the other would be the best way to go about it. We came
across some issues when we did this in terms of our initial plans, story boards
and shot lists. For example, we planned that when the female looked out the
window it would cut to her point of view of the villain walking across the
courtyard. However, this was not possible because it wasn't consistent with the
continuity. Instead we had to edit the clips to make it seem like the female
was looking out of the window for him but couldn't see him. Then the audience
would see him walking across the courtyard and she wouldn't which explains why
she is so surprised when he enters the room at the end of the narrative Also,
the fact the clip was at 3 minutes 44 seconds was another issue. We got around
this by again cutting parts out of the narrative that we didn't need. We could
see this clearer now the two narratives had been cut into each other. By the
end of the session we had our sequence cut down to 2 minutes 3 seconds which is
within the brief. We finished by splitting the final narrative up again into
approximately 30 second time periods. This means that moving forwards we can
insert credits, play with the volume and music and put title sequences into our
own sections again.
The
main techniques and tools I used throughout my editing session were the cut and
trim tools and the blade tool. I only focussed on these two particularly in
this session because I was only concentrating on my time limit and continuity.
I had never used the blade tool but I found it extremely useful. It meant that
instead of having to insert the same video multiple times into different spaces
in the sequence, you could just split one clip into multiple sections. This
also meant the continuity was perfect as I wasn’t trying to find the right time
to cut the different clips to make sure they stopped and finished at the right
time.
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