Task 2 : Be able to prepare moving image material for editing

Task 2 : Be able to prepare moving image material for editing

In the preparation for editing you need to consider the following:

• Shooting script - To log the scenes and keep on track.
• Dailies, in film making, is the raw, unedited footage shot during the making of a motion picture.

When preparing to edit clapperboards or slating is so important. We created some videos to demonstrate this. Slating helps with conveying the following:

• Production: The name or title of the movie
• Timecode: Digital timecode synced to the audio
• Roll: The roll that you’re currently shooting on
• Scene: The scene number/shot you’re shooting
• Take: The current take of the shot
• Director: Name of the director of the production
• Camera: Name of the director of photography/cinematographer of the production
• Date: The month, day, and year that you’re shooting

 

EDLs (Edit Decision List) are long standing tools of post-production. Shot lists and edit decision lists keep the editor’s footage in order. They allow the editor to know what to keep and what to clear out, and more than anything, they keep the edit together as it passes through multiple places in post-production. 

 

Creating bins makes the whole editing process easier. For example you can sort the clips into the scenes so its easy to refer to. You can create as many bins as needed and name them however applicable. Below are examples of creating bins and importing clips. 

The whole point of an editor’s job is to make sure that their client / boss is happy, as at the end of the day it is them that is paying you. By doing it the way that you want it to look because you think that your method is better, for one of my projects which was Music Video I worked for a client and in the end she was happy with the video, also working to a brief is similar to working to a client in my other projects.