Transition Unit: Rough Cut Viewing

As a result of Connor not being able to collect his hard-drive in time or our rough cut viewing I felt I hd to make an executive decision and edit the rough cut for our production. My edit was fairly basic just for the rough cut and now Connor has the drive and an idea of how I intended it to look as director, we should be well on our way. Also, it means myself and Connor will have worked very closely on the edit: "Sometimes the editor and director work together, discussing every nuance." (Grove and Grove, 2018). We also had feedback from Simon and will work according to that.

Feedback From Simon: 
  • Don't be afraid to keep shots held longer to seem less rushed
  • Audio needs fixing
  • Add music
  • Intro could have more of an establishing shot so we are more aware of the environment
  • Because we are intentionally breaking the 180 degree rule we need to be sure to hold the breaking shots linger otherwise it looks like a mistake.
I sat through with Connor at the end of the viewing and we went over some a few parts of the edit. I howe him how to render the clips in oder to make the editing process a lot quicker. This will have ben useful due to limited time. 
The following scenes are the clips basically edited together. In order for this to improve we need to work on the color correction and be sure to make the fact that we're breaking the 180 degree rule more obvious. The effects also need to be edited in order for the eye zoom transition to work effectively. 


Fig 1- Scene 1





Fig 2-Scene 2




Above is the second scene rough cutler the second scene. This was a success overall despite having only 50 Minutes to shoot. Simon said looking at the piece he wouldn't have thought it had taken us only 50 minutes which was a compliment in itself. Again color and sound is an issue here and needs to be worked on to make the piece come across as more professional overall.

Hint: Never be afraid to let the first cut ‘rest’ for a few days so everyone involved can see it with fresh eyes.  (Grove and Grove, 2018)

Reference:

Grove, E. and Grove, E. (2018). The 6 Stages of Editing As A Film Director. [online] Raindance. Available at: https://www.raindance.org/the-6-stages-of-editing-as-a-film-director/ [Accessed 12 May 2018].



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