Construction 4: Reflections on Edit Week 1

In order to ensure we made good progress with our project, we decided to produce a schedule to organise when each member of our group would edit the sequence.

Our priority at this stage was to complete a cut of our sequence. This was so we could identify the immediate problems sooner rather than later. We also finalised the arrangements for our backup shoot, which are present on our schedule.

We worked on creating continuity between shots by cutting in-between actions. However, this was difficult due to the nature of our production. In a poker game, there are so many minor factors which can result in a break in continuity such as a different number of chips or a different card. Nevertheless, we were able to do decently well. 

Furthermore, were finally able to insert our own music track into the sequence. This was the first time we had heard the track as another member of the group had made it, but we were all happy with how it came out.

After we had finished our cut, I started to tackle the special effects needed for our gunshots. This was quite an intimidating task at first as Adobe After Effects is not a program I am familiar with. However, I was able to pick it up easily enough to create the effect we needed. The process I followed can be seen below.

The last thing we needed to do before our back-up shoot was to compile a list of all of the shots we would need. These shots were either poor in regards to framing and lighting, or they were simply missing. After creating the list, we realised that we had a lot of shots we needed to take. However we were very familiar with the process after our main shoot and were confident that we could complete the task efficiently.