Construction Post 24: Edit week 1- the basic edit

For Edit Week 1, the aim was to create a basic version of our video, in order to help us spot any glaring mistakes that would require a re-shoot. Smaller and/or more specific edits, like cutting shots perfectly and adding titles and so on, would be left for Edit Week 2. The first thing we did was create an edit schedule for both weeks- experience taught us that this was the best way to map out the editing process and ensure everything gets done on time.

Our editing week one schedule. Click to enlarge.

Edit week one was mainly occupied with putting everything in sequence, without worrying about titles or anything else fancy, similar to these continuity shots.

Like with shooting, we tried to split the work between us. However, it was a little different as their was only one editing suite, which meant only one of us could take that role, and the other two just made suggestions and caught mistakes and so on. Thus we tried to rotate out who was using the keyboard and mouse every so often.

In this picture Sayo is the one operating the editing suite while Jack monitors his work- I was doing the same before and after taking this. Having three sets of eyes to watch for potential problems, improvements, and mistakes meant a higher quality of work overall. Click to enlarge.

This system worked well as we got all of the necessary work done before the deadline, and actually began a small amount of work on titles and other things usually reserved for Edit Week 2. This, plus the fact that we had decided on not doing a back-up shoot, meant we were firmly on track.