Diary of Editing - Day 1 ~ Luke Leadbetter

Today Will and myself captured the clips from filming onto Final Cut Express. I then proceeded to cut the reel into seperate sub-clips, giving each appropriate names. This process was fiddly and irritating, trying to find the best take of a particular shot and then cutting it in the most suitable place. Once this had been accomplished, Will then changed the file type of the edited song (Due to Final Cut Expresses's inability to use M4A format) before placing it into Final Cut. I then positioned the clips into the timeline, applying suitable editing to the brightness and contrast of the clips, with feedback from Will. It was quite difficult to align the clips with song correctly, to create a smooth lip sync, but once this was accomplished the results were extremely satisfying. Through this section of the editing process we have realised that we need to re-do a few of the shots, and be much more aware of mise-en-scene and framing.