I like to be extremely organised when it comes to editing, so I split all the clips up into Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3. Something I did not anticipate when filming is we used a boom mic to record our audio, however we did not plug this into the camera, we plugged it into a different audio device, so that means we had to sync the audio and visuals together. Fortunately, we did realise this half way through filming, so just before every scene we got the actors on camera to clap for us, to enable us to sync the two together perfectly.
I started off by renaming all the audio clips to the appropriate video file, so that when it came to importing the clip onto the timeline, I could find the audio file with ease.
Whilst editing I had the script next to me, ticking off bit by bit how much I had edited so I could manage my time better and see how much I had left to complete.
As I edited the film, I noticed that all the clips used in Day 1 are much quieter than the ones in the other two Days, this was obviously a problem but something that could be resolved. I was editing in AVID Media Composer, it made it a lot more difficult for me as I am used to Premier Pro, but I was very keen to use and learn a different software. I decided that it would be easier too import all video files and create an overall good seamless edit first, and then focus on the audio levels after.
I went through each scene and gathered all the clips and takes that were used for that scene. I viewed them all and decided which take is most appropriate/best acted out. After doing this I was able to create each scene bit by bit, and after each scene was complete, I would tick it off on the script.
After the full edit was complete I was to then go back and work on the audio levels. I used keyframes to do this on specific clips that were too quiet, or in some cases, too loud. One part of the edit which I paid particular close attention to was the opening scene, in which there is quite a loud bang, I wanted to get the levels perfect here, as the speaking is too quiet and the bang is too loud, so I evened them out and got it sounding perfect. Another part of the audio I paid particular close attention to was when we are first introduced to Max's bedroom, he is playing 'Ridin' by Chamillionaire through his speakers, I had to put this song over the top but drop the audio so that it sounds like it's coming from his speakers, and isn't in fact a non-diegetic piece of audio over the top.
One problem that tended to occur was sometimes when the edit cut to another shot, the audio in the background was different, so it left a horrible clicking noise each time it cut, to resolve this problem, I used audio transitions, which worked the majority of the time, however, during the restaurant scene, there was simply too much background noise in one of the shots to avoid it, so what I did to resolve this was I actually got a small audio clip of the background noise, and put it over the top of where the cut takes place and over the next shot, so it seems seamless, it worked a treat.
After all this was done I had one small thing left to do, which was add a small record symbol into the corner of some of the shots, as they were to emulate stock footage, being filmed by the cameraman. This took a lot longer than it should've as I'm not used to AVID, I had to make one from scratch in Photoshop and import it in, but there were numerous problems with the alpha channel, but after around 35 minutes, I managed to sort it.
I started off by renaming all the audio clips to the appropriate video file, so that when it came to importing the clip onto the timeline, I could find the audio file with ease.
Whilst editing I had the script next to me, ticking off bit by bit how much I had edited so I could manage my time better and see how much I had left to complete.
As I edited the film, I noticed that all the clips used in Day 1 are much quieter than the ones in the other two Days, this was obviously a problem but something that could be resolved. I was editing in AVID Media Composer, it made it a lot more difficult for me as I am used to Premier Pro, but I was very keen to use and learn a different software. I decided that it would be easier too import all video files and create an overall good seamless edit first, and then focus on the audio levels after.
I went through each scene and gathered all the clips and takes that were used for that scene. I viewed them all and decided which take is most appropriate/best acted out. After doing this I was able to create each scene bit by bit, and after each scene was complete, I would tick it off on the script.
After the full edit was complete I was to then go back and work on the audio levels. I used keyframes to do this on specific clips that were too quiet, or in some cases, too loud. One part of the edit which I paid particular close attention to was the opening scene, in which there is quite a loud bang, I wanted to get the levels perfect here, as the speaking is too quiet and the bang is too loud, so I evened them out and got it sounding perfect. Another part of the audio I paid particular close attention to was when we are first introduced to Max's bedroom, he is playing 'Ridin' by Chamillionaire through his speakers, I had to put this song over the top but drop the audio so that it sounds like it's coming from his speakers, and isn't in fact a non-diegetic piece of audio over the top.
One problem that tended to occur was sometimes when the edit cut to another shot, the audio in the background was different, so it left a horrible clicking noise each time it cut, to resolve this problem, I used audio transitions, which worked the majority of the time, however, during the restaurant scene, there was simply too much background noise in one of the shots to avoid it, so what I did to resolve this was I actually got a small audio clip of the background noise, and put it over the top of where the cut takes place and over the next shot, so it seems seamless, it worked a treat.
After all this was done I had one small thing left to do, which was add a small record symbol into the corner of some of the shots, as they were to emulate stock footage, being filmed by the cameraman. This took a lot longer than it should've as I'm not used to AVID, I had to make one from scratch in Photoshop and import it in, but there were numerous problems with the alpha channel, but after around 35 minutes, I managed to sort it.
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