Prelim 2

During this session we edited the footage made during the 1st Prelim. We selected the best samples of the required shots and put them in the right transition order on the Adobe Premier Pro CC. To select the best cutting moments we looked over these shots using in and out points before moving them to the editing reel.

 There were several errors that occurred in the process. The most harmful one was our forgetfulness to constantly save the work, so when the program closed down for some reason a part of our progress disappeared. Others included selections of a wrong moment for the cut and incorrect adjustments of the footage on the editing board. We looked out for these mistakes afterwards.

 By going through the footage it became clear that we could have done better on the set. Several shots were spoiled by instability of the camera and wrong positioning of the actors. If there was another opportunity we would maximally avoid the camera movement during filming and retake the shots where the actors didn't take the right positions.

 The previous lesson on editing helped us a lot in accomplishing this task. We learned the essential styles of editing such as various transitions, cutting on the movement, and combinations between the different zoom levels. All of them went to use while editing the prelim footage.

When it will come to editing my thriller I will be able to apply the skills gained from both sessions and the ones we will have soon. My group will make sure to get the filming part perfect to enhance its effect by editing rather than restore it.