Entry 10 - Editing
I started editing today in class, using my shot list. Now, this is surprising because I haven't really used my shot list for any of work this year. However, it's sad how the shots that I created are either too long, short or just bad. I also realised that I have a lot to shoot over the weekend, which is sad since I have to study for all a lot of tests.
The first scene that I edited was the park scene. Obviously, I would have to walk in towards the park for the scene to start. In my shot list, I wrote that me walking would only take me two seconds, but then that wasn't true because it took me 5 secs to walk towards the tree. I thought of speeding it up, but that made it not match the song (slow tempo) and my movements awkward. This meant that I couldn't follow my shot list down to very last millisecond, which was disappointing. I had to take out shots and just rely on every second beat.
The bird shot that I added also looks very weird. Since this shot was shot during the daytime and my other shots are all filmed in the dark. I tried fixing this by colour correcting the shot with a red tone, but it just made the shot look red. I also tried desaturating the shot so that the blue sky isn't obvious, but it just looks like a very bad whitewashed shot.
The shot where I'm walking towards the tree had to be sped up by 75%, as I was taking too long to reach the tree. My whole film revolves around the symbols from the lyrics, and if the shots were too long, then I wouldn't be able to put symbols in the lyrics needed. I couldn't cut the shot shorter because it wouldn't correlate with the first walking shot as I would be walking in a different place.
I had to slow this shot down, as the shot was too quick. Since the shot was too quick, it looked weird when it looked like it flashed between two shots. It might be because I cut this shot from another shot because I needed a close-up shot of me reaching out for the tree, but it still looked weird. However, because the shot was slowed down, my movements look rigid.
I added a transaction to this shot because the shot had this weird panning and ruined the whole shot. It looks kind of off because there are two transactions in that short time, but I like how it just appears.
Some general editing that I did was cutting shots to match the lyrics or the beat. For example if there was thing finishing beat, I would then change to another shot it's like matching to the beat of the music.
I also cut the shots so that it correlates with the previous shot. For example, if I were to be running in the previous shot in a certain direction, I would make the next shot be running in the same direction as well. Or for the swing shot, when I was running towards the swing, the next shot started with the position the previous shot ended in.
The first scene that I edited was the park scene. Obviously, I would have to walk in towards the park for the scene to start. In my shot list, I wrote that me walking would only take me two seconds, but then that wasn't true because it took me 5 secs to walk towards the tree. I thought of speeding it up, but that made it not match the song (slow tempo) and my movements awkward. This meant that I couldn't follow my shot list down to very last millisecond, which was disappointing. I had to take out shots and just rely on every second beat.
The bird shot that I added also looks very weird. Since this shot was shot during the daytime and my other shots are all filmed in the dark. I tried fixing this by colour correcting the shot with a red tone, but it just made the shot look red. I also tried desaturating the shot so that the blue sky isn't obvious, but it just looks like a very bad whitewashed shot.
The shot where I'm walking towards the tree had to be sped up by 75%, as I was taking too long to reach the tree. My whole film revolves around the symbols from the lyrics, and if the shots were too long, then I wouldn't be able to put symbols in the lyrics needed. I couldn't cut the shot shorter because it wouldn't correlate with the first walking shot as I would be walking in a different place.
I had to slow this shot down, as the shot was too quick. Since the shot was too quick, it looked weird when it looked like it flashed between two shots. It might be because I cut this shot from another shot because I needed a close-up shot of me reaching out for the tree, but it still looked weird. However, because the shot was slowed down, my movements look rigid.
I added a transaction to this shot because the shot had this weird panning and ruined the whole shot. It looks kind of off because there are two transactions in that short time, but I like how it just appears.
Some general editing that I did was cutting shots to match the lyrics or the beat. For example if there was thing finishing beat, I would then change to another shot it's like matching to the beat of the music.
I also cut the shots so that it correlates with the previous shot. For example, if I were to be running in the previous shot in a certain direction, I would make the next shot be running in the same direction as well. Or for the swing shot, when I was running towards the swing, the next shot started with the position the previous shot ended in.
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