Editing
Workshop Part 2
Within this
workshop, I managed to create a final edit. The way I crafted this edit was using
the razor tool to be more precise in my cutting, so that hopefully it would create
a sleek transition from one clip to another. Personally, I think that for attempting
a ‘drama’ edit, it went quite successful as it allowed me to gain more practice
with navigating my way round premiere pro. As well as this, it also gave me a
wider appreciation of how time consuming a simple sequence with a few clips can
be as it could be down to a singular frame for it to become smooth. I also used
the timeline to shorten/cut down scenes then matched them by hand to create that
fluidity, in which the spectator’s shouldn’t see.
Furthermore,
when I sat down again to continue and finish off the edit, I also had a talk with
Ferg and how mine compared to his. His edit had a lot more cuts and continuity to
it, that was evident straight away which only aided his edit and made transitions
almost invisible. Moreover, he introduced me to the ‘Rolling-Edit’ trim tool,
that instead of trimming you can move the edit point forwards or backwards in
the sequence, without altering the length. This meant that you could have two
scenes next to each-other and click if you want the frame to go back or forth,
which makes connecting the scenes easier.
A challenge I
did face whilst trying out the new tools, is that it did become a little fiddly
due to wanting to match scenes up perfectly and therefore took a tedious amount
of time to get used to it, but this will only come with practice. I think at
some points, it got a little overwhelming as scenes would go out of sync and jumble
along the timeline, so I constantly had to undo things and start the process I was
doing again.
This is something
in which I can take on for my future project’s/edit and could even aid me to speed
up the process. As editing is supposed to be the ‘invisible art’, using the rolling-tool,
would only add to that whilst expanding my understanding of Premiere Pro. This would
also help me become more precise within post-production and therefore have a
better outcome in the final cut. By learning new tools each week, it will bring
my editing to a higher level that would make things look more professional but
also, make myself prouder of what I have edited and learnt. Combining this with
continuously learning and practicing about the short-cut keys, I hope that it
is shown within the final cut but also take stress off whilst in post-production.
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