Editing Sequence 1

Introduction To Editing My Sequence

In this post I will be write about how I have started the editing and what techniques I use to improve the quality of the sequence. 

For our sequence, I was in charge of editing all of the footage we filmed. Editing in my opinion, is the most important job because it is the last step to making the sequence of its best quality and creating tension by adding soundtracks and sound effects. 

When me and my group went to edit for the first time, all we did was select out all of the footage that we thought looked best and labelled it so I could find it later on. After this we then started dragging out footage that we thought roughly could suit in the specific place we chose to start in. We were lucky, as Tom filmed a lot of footage this meant that if the sequence was too short we could solve it easily. However, instead of the sequence being to short it ended up being too long which ended up to above 5 minutes. This was before I ever cut the videos and placed them in the right spot. This then meant I had to adjust all of the footage and even have to delete much of it as well so the sequence could be around 2 minutes long. 

With editing I personally find that I got a hang of it quickly and could edit fast which was a good thing because we only had around 1 week to finish the whole sequence for it to be uploaded. The first problem I noticed was the way the camera angles/positionings would change frequently, which I did not think looked great because then there is too much moving around and it will not look professional. To improve on this, I rewatched the sequence and took away the angles that did not suit. I even removed some dialogue the two men had between them as the sequence was way too long and the conversations wouldn't make the sequence as tense as the finishing product is.