Classwork: Editing Practice

This blog post contains the work I did in my lesson with Cassie on how to successfully edit. My teacher filmed the footage but I edited it together. My teacher also provided the template for the blog post. 

Why is continuity editing important?
Continuity editing includes making sure that items like props or costumes stay consistent from scene to scene. But the more important work lies in editing shots together in a way that leaves viewers thoroughly grounded in both time and space.

Different types of continuity edit 

• Straight cut (cut)
• Eyeline match
• Shot /reverse shot
• Cutaway / Insert

*Match cut

Footage
Here is the footage that my teacher shot which utilises a variety of camera angles and movements. The scene is very simple, it involves a student standing up and leaving the classroom. A single shot here might be quite boring for the audience, by editing and combining the shots together we can make the scene feel more dynamic. 

My editing process

For this editing process I use capcut as my editing software, before editing the clips we brainstorm which part we would cut it to make it smooth. We decided to make 2 different version, as one of the edit would be a much simpler cut while the other is a much more complex version as it keeps on jumping from shot to shot. 

During the editing process there were several errors that we had to encounter, where some shots had a camera error making the character to be walking the other opposite. This made the scene to not be continuous and which made it look a bit weird. 

This screenshot shows how during the editing process, Me and Cassie tried two different version of the editing. Where at the end we ended up using the scene on the top. 

This screenshots shows the error of trying to match the scene where it changes from the character to open the door to the person from the outside about to close the door. 

This screenshots shows the error that was cause by the camera error and not the editing error, as the character went the other way making the scene to be not continuity. 

This screenshots shows the error in trying to make the leg to match up with the other scene. 

Here is the final product 

Editing multiple clips together made the scene better because from the clips from not being smooth to a much watchable scene. 

Reflection: This activity for the editing practice was fun to do, as it taught me about some small problems could have a solution to it. The biggest challenge was trying to make the scene to be continuous and it would look good to watch. Next time for my editing I will learn to watch the full clip first and plan on where to cut rather than making 2 different drafts of different ideas that I wanted to do which takes up a lot of time.