Practice: PRELIM Editing of the prelim

In my group we filmed the the prelim video, after we were told to edit our clips to make the Prelim video look professional. We edited the clips using final cut pro, we first organised the clips in order by taking out the clips from our memory card by importing them in the final cut software.We then took out a few clips which were inappropriate to the prelim video as they were either filming retakes which is useless or recording we took by accident. In addition we cut a few clips which we were using to a shorter length so it could fit in well with the other shots.

Including the match cut, shot/reverse shot and following the 180 degree rule, we then went on to adding foley sound. We gathered the foley sound by getting a camcorder and recorded the sound to include in our video. The sounds we recorded were things such as: pushing down a door handle, turning on a chair and slamming the hand on the table. We then imported these sounds in to sound track pro, where we placed the foley sounds in proportion to the filming. This was a straight forward task however we had a few problems importing the sound an exporting it from sound track pro to film cut pro. We used a few other sounds from the sound track software such as violine playing and the sound of a heart beat. Overall the whole process of editing the sound went well as we managed to sync the sound with the video clip.

The last part of editing we did was include the text in the video. We put in the production company and the film title in the clip. However we did not have much time to include the cast members and other crew member names.