It was the first day of editing today. We uploaded the footage onto the final cut server, then went through the process of editing the footage to the track. Before we could edit we had to save the file to the desktop and change the footage to edit proxy so we could editing the footage. We then waited for the footage to save onto the desktop. Once it had we double clicked on it and it opened up in final cut pro ready for us to edit. All the footage was already in a bin so we named it so we knew where the footage was. We opened up the bin and began to edit, however before we could edit anything we had to upload the song. Unfortunately the copy we had of the music was a wav file so we changed it to a wmp so it was compatible with final cut pro. Once we had the music, I place it in final cut by dragging it and then I padlocked the music so it wouldn’t be affected whilst we edited. I started off oing the editing because I still had a good knowledge of how to edit from last year where as the rest of my group didn’t so I did most of the editing however, my group were watching me today learning how to do it all again so that they could edit too.
I feel more confident editing this year editing than last year because i used it all last year ao it was a matter of picking it all up again but also after using after effects which i feel is a more complicated programme, it make final cut pro. seem easier.
So I started editing. Firstly double clicked on the clip in the bin so they appeared in the first video window, then I dragged that footage onto the time line ready to cut up. Unlike the thriller last year there was no need for me to cut the footage in the first window then drag it onto the time line because each shot was 10 seconds of the same footage. So after dragging it onto the time line I started to adjust the footage. In the video we decided that we needed to set the scene because the singing starts straight away because there was no introduction. So using the storyboard as a guide I started by cutting the footage that we wanted to use before the music started. We wanted to start off by hiding the bands identities. So we have decided to start with a high angle tilted shot of a hat on the pavement with money in which a hand then comes into frame and picks up the money and puts into their pocket, the camera then continues tilting up the body after following the hand but stop just below the shoulder, the person in the shot then slowly turns their back on the camera and walks away. This whole sequence is one whole shot. As a group we thought this particular shot ‘set the scene’, and allowed the audience to almost guess where the person is and what they are doing and what they look like yet it is still all a concealed mystery. I like the fact that we are starting in close up because it invites the audience in.
Like I have said in a previous post we are using the puddles to go between performance shots and context shots. By cutting to the music it has helped in showing us what works and what doesn’t for example some of the cuts didn’t work with the music so we either had to add shot or extend the number of seconds the shots were going on for. It has also allowed us to add and play around with shots because to the music some shots feel right and go with it but some don’t so it’s a matter switching shots around. Also because of the music all of the shots had to be ajusted to fit in time with the music so i had to use marker to mark were the main beats are so that each shot cuts on the beat.
Here are the finished story boards that we edited on final cut pro:
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