Preliminary Task - Editing Evaluation

What did we do?

After planning and filming our preliminary film, we uploaded the clips onto the computer and inserted them into Final Cut. This software on the Mac firstly enabled us to put all the correct scenes into chronological order by dragging them down to editing and then cropped any so that the film ran smoothly. We did this by cutting scenes into two and deleting the part which we didn’t need as shown below:

We then added in more effects to improve the video. We first inserted a music clip downloaded from the internet which played throughout, and added a slow motion effect on the final scene to enhance the quality of our film. We then added in a title which appeared on the opening scene, and credits that appeared at the end.

This shows the music file inserted into the clip and the title at the beginning:

This was our end product: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh2l3wNP-NQ

What went well?

We were all able to easily use Final Cut to insert, crop and edit all the scenes. This meant that when we watched the clip back, it ran really well and the match-on-action was very smooth. We also enhanced the sound on the speech scenes by increasing the volume which produced a clear sound quality.

This is the scene of the match-on-action shot where one of the characters is seen entering a room through the door:

Problems Encountered?

We did have a few problems with adding the titles to begin with, and it was challenging to make them fit with the film and look professional. We also had a limited amount of scenes to use which meant it was difficult to add in many effects without it looking too overloaded. Another issue was finding a music clip that went well with the film.

If you got to do it again?

If we had the chance to edit our preliminary again, we would add in a lot more effects such as a more professional title/opening and credits. We would also make more changes to the music like fading it out as the film ended. Another improvement would also be a variety of more effects, we only used slow motion for the end scene, but a lot more could have been used such as fast motion, CCTV effect, or filters.