In today's lesson we started to edit our opening sequence together. When we got in Miss Butler told us that our groups would be divided into two and that each of our pairs would both create an opening sequence using the footage that we had all recorded. To some extent this was a good advantage as each person in the pairs would have a fair chance to edit and idea's that wanted to be expressed would come across more clearer. This way it was easier to talk about exactly what we wanted whilst editing the opening sequence and making decisions as to what footage, transitions and effects we wanted would a lot be easier to decide as a pair.
For most of us it was the first time that we had used the 'Final Cut' software on the Mac's, At first it was quite tricky to get used to but once Miss had shown us all the basic's most things were easy to work out. Me and my partner Sonny did come across a problem, we had managed to speed up the clips that we had already cut and dragged in the video line. We tried a lot of different ways to try and fix what we had done but in the end decided to log out and try again. This did take some time and eventually decided to carry on with editing and try not to make the same mistake again with all the other clips, and once we have our opening sequence mapped out we will go back over it and add in transitions and slow and fast motion and try to change the mistakes we made.
From the first day editing I can tell how important the whole process is, whilst going back over the footage I could now see little mistakes that we had made, such as leaving a paint bottle in the background, or being able to see a thumb or shoe within the shot taken. Continuity is also very important as in some shots that we re-filmed you can see a different bracelet that Enniola is wearing or her mascara hasn't run in the same position that we used in the clip as shown above in the screen grab. I also realised that the length and amount of the clips are also very important, considering we cut a lot of the clips down, more variety is needed within them, such as a close up of the character Sarah's face, her looking into the mirror crying should have been filmed a little longer at the end so confusion isn't made when the flashbacks start, along with the quality of the camera. Many shots were rather shaky, so it was harder to cut clips and use them when they move quite a bit. Altogether we had around 22 minutes and 57 seconds of filming completed, hopefully this will be enough to finish the 2 minute opening sequence, even though there is a lot to choose from by the time clips are cut short and transitions are put in place there should be enough.
So far we have only edited up to the flashbacks, we would have got a little bit more done if it wasn't for the speed change half way through, as well as getting to grips with the software. In the next few lessons I hoped to have achieved at least a simple plan of the opening sequence mapped out in the video line and to have started to edit in transitions and effects so that all that is left to do is the voice over and music along with any final changes to be made before completing and added text such as the title and production company name.
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