The Editing Process

Editing the Final Project

-In terms of editing, each member of the group took time to edit in pairs to ensure that we all had our fair share of time and responsibility. It also allowed for different modes of creative input as opposed to having one editor and one mode of creative input.

- We began by creating a transcript which is written in another blog post you can find on here, this enabled us to understand the narrative and piece together different sections to ensure that the narrative flowed and made the most sense, seeing as the questions we asked the participant were in no particular order.

- We then named each clip so that they were easy to identify, this allowed us to place them onto the Premiere Pro timeline in order.

- We then began to crop and slice the clips to ensure that there was not any unwanted sections or awkward pauses as the aim is to make the documentary 4-5 minutes.

- After having done this we began to overlay shots and place transitions in between the interview and these overlays to ensure continuity in the editing.

- We had previously chosen the music, therefore, the next step was to place this onto the timeline and crop it in accordance with how long the participant speaks for.

- We decided at this point to include a match on action shot of a zoom in on a drawing that was on the wall of the police station, matched to a shot of the police station itself to create a storytelling nature to the piece.

- The final adjustments we made were in making sure the sound was at an appropriate volume and making a title page and credits sequence that included a special mention to the participant.