Week 14 – Editing Process
As far as I’m aware, Luke and Curtis are the main ones doing the final editing and grading. Of course, because of the failure of the University machines, they had to edit on their own and that would take a lengthy process due to rendering. I’m a bit disappointed that I haven’t been notified of the edit, as I haven’t seen anything since the production day and am gathering information from the groups blog. Hopefully I’ll get my chance on the interim critique presentations and give my observations of the film.
I always enjoy the editing stages as it offers a variety of options for your films outcome – it may even change what you originally planned for a certain scene, for example. A film editor must creatively work with the layers of images, story, dialogue, music, pacing, as well as the actors’ performances to effectively “redirect” and even rewrite the film to a whole. It usually plays a dynamic role in the making of a film. Without getting ahead of myself, I always find that student films lack pacing and continuity within their editing; fortunately, we have a good group with a good eye for things and so this isn’t an issue. Audiences won’t pick up on it (which is the magic of editing) as it is a normal viewing for them, but as media professionals we need to apply the simple conventions of film editing.
My interest in editing started at college in 2005, where I taught myself how to use Final Cut Pro and was heavily influenced by this video. (Simple video, idea and it’s an instant success!)
These techniques for filming and editing are vital for all media professionals in my opinion. Our group certainly have this knowledge and I’m happy to say we will avoid those common editing problems. Just to leave you with an example of my video with good pacing and editing, watch this;
