CAGD 250 - Editing Capstone

Editing Capstone

Hello, my name is Kade Chambers and this assignment involved editing footage from a series of scenes in short films into a full edited video. We were already familiar with scenes provided, as they were a part of our EditMentor courses to teach us editing basics. Out of the five films provided, I decided to edit footage from Bully, because I was really curious about the plot being layed out in EditMentor.

For the first week of the assignment, I began a rough draft of the scenes I wanted in my timeline. The majority of time spent in this phase of the assignment was watching through each scene. This allowed me to find the best takes in each required scene, and move forward with trimming down the film length. I was able to then move forward with the next phase of this assignment, which was finishing the edit.

Completing the edit was done in a few different steps. First, I focused on scene order. After I made sure that scenes were complete and in the correct order, I began working on visual transitions. This helped trim down additional time, as well as improve the flow of the scenes. After this step, I worked on getting the audio levels to sync in the shots as well as possible. This was one of the hardest steps, as the audio was not always provided, and the mics caught a lot of wind during recording.

Overall, I believe the time spent going back over the shots was necessary in order to get the quality of a final product that I wanted. This was a great insight into video editing, and I look forward to playing with these skills and tools more often now that I see how accessible it can be.