Production Blog Editing FT

 The editing for this project went around the same as it did for the other projects. The first part of the editing went pretty smoothly, the part where I had to compile all the clips together and transfer and organize them from the camera into the software's they went into. We did hit a roadblock during the very beginning of the editing phase however, since we had planned to use CapCut to edit this project, but new laws/contracts were passed in the U.S which banned the usage of the software. This frightened my group and I as this would be our main editing software going into this project, luckily for us, the issue was quickly resolved and everything was able to go according to schedule. For the actual editing portion of the project, the organizing/combining of the clips was a tedious process, as we had multiple takes and each one on the camera was labelled something like, "DCS_1023", which made it harder to read the files from one another, also making it harder to keep track of what had already been watched. I also had to skim through the footage of each clip and make sure to pick out the clip we wanted to use. Once I had imported all of the clips in, I now had to cut them down to the proper length. Obviously, we could not keep the clips at their raw length due to directing portions in them and the project extending out to longer than two minutes. Cutting the clips down was the easiest part of the editing process, since all I had to do was cut out the sections of each clip that were not needed. This helped as it allowed for the movie to run much smoother and meet the time limit. It also allowed for me to see how long each title screen would be displayed on screen for, and let me see what parts needed to be dragged out a little bit more since the title sequence would also be in that section of film. Editing the title sequences in was also a pretty easy part, since all I had to do was follow the planning my group and I had set up in the first place. Most of the placement had been set up in the filming process, so now that I was editing, all I had to do was put the titles in the proper places. One hard part of the editing process was dealing with actual computer speeds and scheduling. As stated before, my group and I's scheduling was not all perfectly lined up, so editing together was harder than expected, leaving most of the editing to be done separately, but still communicating. Seeing as some computers were running slower than others, it took some time to edit and load parts of the project, but in the end my group and I still got it done. By communicating with my group and us supporting each other, we were all able to properly edit the title sequences, the clip grouping, and the clip cutting. So far, at this point of the process, the editing was going pretty good, and needed a couple more crucial aspects to be done, such as adding voice overs, color grading/filters, and adding music. My group and I made sure to have constant exports of what we had completed each day so that we could properly review it when we were all together in class. This allowed us to spot any details which needed fixing, allowing the editing to be stronger.