Prelim Post Production and Final Cut

EDITING

On Friday our class went up to the editing suite to edit our short film that we had filmed the week before. Mat showed us how to see our footage from the Final Cut Server, we logged on and found our footage on an edit proxy, and the edit proxy is a way for us to edit our footage with out editing the final cut.


LOGGING OUR SHOTS

We all had a lot of input in this part, we had to create a log bin which is where we put the best shots from our footage that we will use in the final footage. We went through the wide shots, the close ups, the over the shoulders and all the other shots and we chose the best shots of each of them and put them into the log bin for later. We chose the best ones which had the best continuity and the best camera angle with the best sound and the best frame.



ORGANISING AND ORDER OF OUR SHOTS

Once we had chosen the shots that were the best and that we needed for the sequence we then had to put them in the right order and to trim them down and make them perfect. The shot order and the specific one that we had chosen all helps to create a great end result, the shot order and angle can help the audience determine what side they are on and what they think of the characters and the film. If you start off the film with a bad portrayal of a character this will be the audiences first impression of them and it might not change throughout the film, you also need to have high point and low point in the film as it cannot be one constant mood as this will bore the audience, and so we needed to make sure our shots were in the right order. The audience will also need to understand the film and if the scenes are in the wrong order the film will not make sense, so you can see how important this part of editing is.


EDITING IN FINAL CUT

We had to trim down our clips so that we did not have the directors noises such as CUT and ACTION to ruin our film, but we had to make sure that we got this perfect so that we could have correct match on action and to make sure that the sequence was not robotic and distorted and that it flowed in a constant movement and made sure that everyone understood what was happening the film. We all had a go and trimming down each shot and getting them in the right order, this was very important as in a way it is what creates the film, after the actors have done their part it is up to the editors to create the rest of the film, the editors also have power over everyone as they can chose how to portrayal a character and the film through their editing.