Unit 16.2 prepare for editing

After I had collected all of my footage, I had to edit it into sequence but there were some

processes in which I had to undergo before I could begin editing my footage together. To begin

with I created a bin for each of the scenes in my one-minute short film but since it was only one minute it only had one scene and therefore I only created one bin and named it ‘Crime scene.’

This is my bin:

This bin would ensure that I knew where to find what footage for whatever scene in which I was

editing as not all of the footage would have been shot at the same time as each other and

looking through everything would waste time, especially if the production was a bigger one producing a feature film.

I would then have to view all of my rushes and put them into the correct bins but since I only had

one, I just imported them into my ‘crime scene’ bin so I would be able to find them later on when I was editing.

Next, I had to watch all of my rushes and log them. I renamed them, the shot type and whether

or not they were good or bad, if I had more than one scene then I would have put the scene

number as well. Shots were generally labelled as bad if there was some kind of positioning, acting

or movement problem. For example, one of the shots breaks continuity so it was labelled as bad

while another one was of someone opening a letter but they struggled to do so which lead to it

being labelled as bad. This would also save time as I would easily be able to tell if a shot was

good or bad and where it was in the sequence, this would mean I wasn’t wasting time by re-

watching my rushes whenever I needed to add in a new piece of footage. These are all of my footage and the names in which I logged them.

All of this preparation before the edit is very important before editing. This is because all of it

helps to keep the footage all organised and together, therefore saving time when it comes to the

editing proccess. It is important to save time as it mean saving money because if time is wasted

money will have to be paid on editing facilities and editors in a higher budget film production. In a

low bidget film like this one, money cant be wasted on time because it will mean limiting the other funds and therefore lowering the quality of the movie.

This kind of time wasting can also lead the film into missing important deadlines. It is important

to hit deadlines as in the filming industry it can lead to job losses and falure to meet deadlines can lead to falure of the project and more money spent on facilities.

When logging my shots, I notced that a lot of the shots had something wrong with them. As you

can see by my screen grab, one flaw was the lighting of the shots which varied due to the fact

that we filmed over more than one day. These shots, however, I did not log as bad as they had a

lot of potencial and were generally good. To combat the lighting issue, when editing I matched

the colour grading which meant that all of the footage that was to light would be able to be used

after all.

After this, I went ahead and edited my sequence. Before editing the sequence, for the same

purpose of saving time, money and trying to meet deadlines, I gave my self some soft deadlines.

For example, I dedicated my first hour of time to prepare for editing. I then set a rough cut

deadline on the 18th march which was when the rough cut would have to be finished. This meant

that if all else failed I would have the basics of the story line. I then had an actual deadline of 25th

march but I would set my soft deadline for the 23rd of march so that I knew everything would be done on time. After I had edited it, I needed to export an Editing Decsion List.

This is a screenshot of my edit decsion list

This piece of documentation a document that gives all of the properties my edit. It is used to

transport the project to anywhere via the web. This can often be used in film production so send

things such as ruff cuts to the editor so that he can finish the final cut. This is important as it can

save a lot of time transporting material. It can also mean that editors can work from home saving them a lot of time and energy. On a whole it helps to increase the speed and price of production.