Post Production: Day 1

The first day of the editing we decided to just have a look at all the shots and decide which ones we need to keep and which ones are not required. This required us to look at all the shots that we had filmed so far and analyse the quality and purpose of each one of them for the teaser trailer. This was important as the shots that we would decide to use would be shown in the official teaser trailer. After looking at the shots, we sat down as a group and talked about if any of the shots needs to be retaken to ensure better quality of the shots. As a result, we put together all our shots in order of which scene will come first. The job was to make sure all the shots have been shot and there is nothing missing. After putting all the shots together we then had to make sure the time length is maintained and does not go over what the limit is. Ultimately, we shortened some of the shots and created a rough edit for our trailer which would give us an idea of the shots that are included or if there is any need for extra shots. After producing the rough edit, we presented it to our peers and teacher to get some feedback on how we can improve it.

When we showed the rough edit to our peers and our teacher, our teacher gave us some ideas on what type of effects we can add on top of each shot to make them look more convincing for our audience. Also, when we looked at the rough edit as a group, we realised that some of the shots need to be cut down to very less seconds as they were too long and they made it look unprofessional. Furthermore, whilst we were working on the editing, we realised that some of the transitions did not look right and disrupted the continuity causing it to look unprofessional.

Overall, on the first day of editing we all edited together as a group. This was helpful as it would allow each one of us to further present our ideas on how we can improve and come up with some innovative ideas to make our teaser look exceptional. It all went smoothly without any disruptions as each one of us in our group were getting used to the editing process and were learning how to use Final Cut Pro. It was an engaging session as we all learnt something new about editing process. I had previously used Final Cut pro but the version we used this time was a better more advanced one which allowed me to learn more about it and different things that had been added up to the new version.

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