Editing Workshop 2

 Editing - Dialogue Sequence 

Shooting the dialogue sequence- For this part of the process I was unable to attend due to having an appointment, however my filming group explained what was discussed and carried out through the entirety of the workshop.

Due to not having been present in the first editing workshop, I went into the session with near to  zero idea of what I was doing. However I now have a brief yet clear idea of what we must do which i'm sure will develop and I will become more clear with as the process continues. From this experience today I learnt to a wider range of things. Firstly, by looking back on the footage the groups had shot and being taught through them, making it clear what was successful in what was not, e.g- in some cases there is a lack of footage, clips were cut too early, or the white balance was not correct. By highlighting the mistakes that were made it helps ensure that we wouldn't do it again due to drilling it in our head that they were in fact 'mistakes'.

When editing the groups sequence it was made clear that one or two clips had a lack of the 180 degree rule due to us not being able to use a few of the clips due to the actor appearing on the wrong side when changing angle. We explored how having a character with larger screen time can imply there of a stronger importance, an example being the camera staying on them when the other character is speaking resulting in the focus staying on their reaction.

We learnt how to cut and trim clips quickly and efficiently, as well as being introduced to a new skill referred to as cross fading. Which is where you drag the cross fade in between your audios so when the clips are playing it makes certain theres no interrupted sound.

I believe this session helped make us aware of the importance of editing and how it can truly result in the success of your final product. We have now been introduced to some of the key skills that is involved in editing which will help us hugely in the up and coming week.

Below is the sequence we edited: