Setting up edit workflow
Three days ago, I started post production of my Media Studies Foundation Portfolio Opening Sequence. Editing is my favourite part of the entire filmmaking process so I was very excited to begin and see the final result as soon as possible. The software I usually edit on is Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018, so I used it for this project too. What I like to do first is re-arrange my entire footage into the camera names and then days, for e.g I went with this style of rearranging.
For all the shots I did more than three takes with, I picked a first, second, and third choice take and labelled them with different colours so it would be easier to select them in the software without having to watch them over and over again. I made three choices because I had an idea I might end up using one part of the scene from one take and the other part of the scene from another take, and I did end up doing that. One example is attached below.
From Take 1 
From Take 4
WHAT WORKED AND DIDN’T WORK:
I think the car scenes did not work at all. I don’t like the way they feel to me, even though the audience might feel differently, but I have decided that if I don’t feel it, I would not proceed with it. The acting seems really forced and I tried to incorporate it into the final cut and salvage the footage somehow but it does not go on the same pace that the song and rest of the footage. I feel it is a mistake on my part that I did not realize this on shoot but its better to act now than later. It could have been a lot worse. Thankfully I realize it now and won’t include it in the final cut.
CUTTING THE VIDEO TOGETHER
After I individually tested out the footage and cleared up the shots and scenes I did not need, I put in the song on the timeline and went shot by shot with each lyric and each beat and decided which shot would look and feel good at what point in the video. In two portions of the song, there are fast drum fills/beats, so I cut 3 frames out of some of the shots that looked good to me and placed them for each drum beat, so it looks in sync with the beats. During other portions, I listened to the lyrics carefully and tried to match the lyrics to the scene, or the speed of the portion to the speed of the scene itself. I am finally done with the cutting of the video and I will now proceed to the more difficult parts of this post production process.
sober 