Commission: Edit
The edit for me was a strange process. I started out with a rough edit before I knew I could film, which mainly included graphics and animations. However, after filming, the style of my video changed so much, those graphics and transitions look out of place. Again, just like with my green screen shoot, I got a lot of coverage and needed to go through all my footage and organise into appropriate folders based on location and mark the clips I don't want to use (red), are good enough to use (amber) and I definitely want to use (green).
Being my own editor meant working closely to my original plans as a director. Whilst editing would usually be a specific role on its own, I am covering all roles in my commission piece. This meant I could change what I wanted as editor, whereas if I had a separate director i would have to listen to them "You'll usually work closely with the director to achieve the desired end result." (https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/film-video-editor)
In my promotional video I go from a shot of a lens flare into a shot of the reception desk. In this I wanted to continue the flare so the transition is fluid. This was partly inspired by the BBC Studios promotional video where a still image is brought to life using a lens flare. Although this isn't a still image, the addition looks genuine and doesn't look as 'cheap' as what it can do in some videos. I also included a lens flare as a transition into the earth zoom as it goes from white in the archive footage into the earth. The flare goes around the earth which could look like sunlight from behind which works really well.
The art of editing is when something doesn't look edited. "Editing is more than just sticking scenes together - it's a strange language, a discipline, an art."(Lonnquist, 1994). Thus, in this unit it as especially important for me to master.
Animations
Editing also involved editing many animations myself in order rot give an effective look. Editing the television zoom was something I asked Fergus to help me with and after several attempts of trying to track the screen to the archive footage, we were unsuccessful . I then came up with the idea to freeze the frame and zoom in via After Effects. For was also able to help me with the earth zoom y linking me to a video tutorial:
I found this video really useful as it was well explained step by step. Ferg had a go first which proved to me it was possible to do without a budget. I then had a go myself according to the tutorial. It was a really good way of learning for me and really helped me to strengthen my skills in editing in after effects which I have carried with me in editing other graphics. I now feel less intimidated by After Effects.
Transitions
I really wanted some smooth transitions in my promotional video, that blend each section together really nicely. I knew I wanted zoom/motion blur effect from the externals of the studios to entering the studios. If I wasn't sure on how to do an animation, I would find tutorials online which really helped me to grasp an understanding of the processes, tools and language which are all key in editing, for example the shaping tool "Shape layers allow you to customize properties such as their stroke (outline of the shape)" (Zamanian, 2015)
Being my own editor meant working closely to my original plans as a director. Whilst editing would usually be a specific role on its own, I am covering all roles in my commission piece. This meant I could change what I wanted as editor, whereas if I had a separate director i would have to listen to them "You'll usually work closely with the director to achieve the desired end result." (https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/film-video-editor)
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| BBC Promo lens flare |
In my promotional video I go from a shot of a lens flare into a shot of the reception desk. In this I wanted to continue the flare so the transition is fluid. This was partly inspired by the BBC Studios promotional video where a still image is brought to life using a lens flare. Although this isn't a still image, the addition looks genuine and doesn't look as 'cheap' as what it can do in some videos. I also included a lens flare as a transition into the earth zoom as it goes from white in the archive footage into the earth. The flare goes around the earth which could look like sunlight from behind which works really well.
The art of editing is when something doesn't look edited. "Editing is more than just sticking scenes together - it's a strange language, a discipline, an art."(Lonnquist, 1994). Thus, in this unit it as especially important for me to master.
Animations
Editing also involved editing many animations myself in order rot give an effective look. Editing the television zoom was something I asked Fergus to help me with and after several attempts of trying to track the screen to the archive footage, we were unsuccessful . I then came up with the idea to freeze the frame and zoom in via After Effects. For was also able to help me with the earth zoom y linking me to a video tutorial:
I found this video really useful as it was well explained step by step. Ferg had a go first which proved to me it was possible to do without a budget. I then had a go myself according to the tutorial. It was a really good way of learning for me and really helped me to strengthen my skills in editing in after effects which I have carried with me in editing other graphics. I now feel less intimidated by After Effects.
I really wanted some smooth transitions in my promotional video, that blend each section together really nicely. I knew I wanted zoom/motion blur effect from the externals of the studios to entering the studios. If I wasn't sure on how to do an animation, I would find tutorials online which really helped me to grasp an understanding of the processes, tools and language which are all key in editing, for example the shaping tool "Shape layers allow you to customize properties such as their stroke (outline of the shape)" (Zamanian, 2015)
References
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/film-video-editor
https://www.videomaker.com/article/f5/1691-the-art-of-the-edit, Janis Lonnquist, Tue, 11/01/1994 - 12:00am
Kavon Zamanian, December 29, 2015, https://www.rocketstock.com/blog/the-10-most-important-tools-in-after-effects/
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