Editing reflection

On the 21st February I finished filming for my teaser trailer. During that stage I started to begin editing my movie so I can perfect the final product. During the past month of editing, I have had a few obstacles to deal with which has affected the amount of time I complete the editing in. The main areas I focused on perfecting was the duration of the teaser trailer, the sound, and how it is presented in the final cut to avoid shots lagging, or the volume being too low or too high.

Sound:

I managed to adjust the sound of the music very well during the post production stages of the trailer. I looked for some suitable music and decided which one fits the best with my school theme. When I found a suitable track for my trailer, I inserted in the trailer to overlap with the footage I got during filming. However, there were some challenges to this specific task. For starters, I had to make sure that the music was not too loud to the point it overlapped with the characters speaking in the trailer. Also with the title writing scenes on the whiteboard, me and the cameraman would sometimes talk to one and another while filming those specific scenes, and if there was talking shown in the trailer, it would make the film seem less professional and more home made. So in this scenario, I decided to mute the audio from those clips so it does not overlap with the music. Overall, I think the sound went on very well and it was not so loud to the point that it overlapped with the dialogue between characters.

Putting the scenes together:

There was no challenge when I had to piece the scenes together. This was a very easy task to do because I was very happy with all the footage that was in my movie. There were times when I had to cut some scenes out because I had to re do the takes when a cast member said a line incorrectly, or did an action incorrectly. If there was an area I had to improve on for putting the scenes together, is probably cropping some scenes down to make the feature trailer shorter. There were times when the teaser trailer would drag on a bit and it did last a bit longer than originally expected. If I was going to do this again, I will try and tirm down the clips in the future.