Editing
After having shot our thriller, we then realised it was time
to edit the footage we had shot. Editing is a way of grouping together multiple
clips in chronological order, in order for the thriller to make sense and
convey a certain story. I began editing my thriller on the 9th February
and have been working with the footage ever since.
Before beginning work on
my thriller I figured a good way of getting to grips with the process would be
to recap how it all works before sitting down and attempting to get to work
having forgotten how everything worked. To do this I looked back in my blog for
any information I may have written about editing, I also watched YouTube videos
to see how to work Adobe Premiere Pro, and doing this really helped me get to
grips with the programme and enabled me to get stuck in straight away when it
came to the very first editing lesso
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| This is an example of Adobe Premiere Pro |
We began by deciding
which clips we should use and when it came to making these decisions our group
worked tremendously well together and we always seemed to agree on the same
clips which made the whole process much quicker and simpler. When it came to
putting these clips together another person in my group and I had the same idea
of the sort of thriller we were looking for however someone else had a
different interpretation of what it was going to be like. This was not an
issue, we all compromised as a group and came to a decision, this took time but
it was worth it as the discussion left everybody feeling pleased. When it came
to editing I did a lot of the work and I was happy to, I feel as though the
work was spread evenly between me and another person in my group due to the
other not feeling too comfortable with the technology. This also was not a
problem as I was happy to edit it and I enjoyed the entire process, every
aspect of it. It also meant I was able to learn a lot more about Adobe Premiere
Pro and I now feel I am a lot more comfortable with the programme.
We dragged down all the clips we were happy with onto the
timeline at the bottom, and as we used more and more these clips became less
and less, hence why there are only seven clips shown on the timeline at this
point.
As a group we tended to work with each other a lot more
because we value each other’s opinion and want everyone in the group to be
pleased with the outcome. To do this we would edit the thriller altogether so
that we could all decide on what we think looks best and works best. I found
that I suggested a lot of the ideas as to where certain clips should go and
which rushes we should get rid of as they were of no use to us. I feel this
decision making was really helpful and made the whole process of editing go
quicker and it was easier for us to establish what we were doing. I also found
that I was quite picky when it came to cuts between shots and the sound that
changed ever so slightly, and I wanted them
all to be smooth and run together neatly when it comes to the audio. To do this
we layered a cross-fade over the top, we used Constant Gain and this just helped
to make the whole thriller run smoother
and neater. Furthermore, we added a moving background picture of a street with lots of cars, we then edited this to make it look very abstract. We also muted the colours to make it difficult for the audience to know what it was. This was used to make the audience disorientated before the thriller begins and it helps with the overall mysterious feel to the thriller sequence.
We had a few issues with sound as some of the audio we lost which we are still unsure as to how, but we were able to match the clip with the sound from the original, unedited clip and were able to copy it back in and get the sound back which was really useful and very effective when it came to learning and expanding our knowledge on editing within media. After sorting out the sound for each of the clips, we then researched for music that would fit with the feel of our thriller and when we found some we ensured that it was not copyright so we were able to use it, and then put it into our thriller over the title sequence and at the end of the sequence as Grace walks towards the camera and the sequence ends.
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