Post-Production: Editing Day 1

                                                                   ROUGH CUT

Firstly, for our first day of editing, my group and I had decided to hold a group meeting in order to decide which editing software would of be most effective and easy to use when constructing our final trailer. As a group we  were all familiar with how to use an editing software however we found that some members were more experienced than others. This therefore meant that certain members had to take more of a charge when it came to editing however when making major editing decisions, each group member had an input. We decided that we would use the editing software ‘Final Cut Pro’ as in comparison to other softwares such as IMovie, Final Cut Pro is suited to create HD videos of the highest quality whilst at the same time making importing HD video easy and flexible. One of our group members Jeet also conveniently already had this software installed onto her Macbook and had a successful experience using it previously. 

Once we came to a decision of what software would be most suitable, my group and I then moved on to collectively look through the footage which we shot during our production period and decide which ones we believed were the most suitable to incorporate within our trailer. In order to come to a decision, my group and I had to assess the camera quality of each shot whilst at the same time taking into consideration other factors such as  lighting, grain issues and acting. We then created a rough edit in order to give us a visual understanding of what our final production may look like. We however did not have enough time to incorporate certain factors such as sound or any major transitions therefore we decided to finish this off during our next meeting.

Once we created this rough edit, we presented it to our teacher in order for her to provide us with some critical feedback in order for my group and I to make any major improvements. Our teacher informed us that she thought our sequence of shots were extremely effective however believed that our rough cut was too short for a trailer. In order to fix this issue she advised us to incorporate other footage which previously took. In order to stay within our deadline, our teacher set the a task to act upon her feedback by the following week so she could see what improvements we have made and what aspects we still need to change. 

Overall, I believed that the first day of editing was extremely successful and beneficial for us as this allowed our group members to familiarise themselves with the editing software and also give us an understanding of what our final product will look like.