Editing

We have now finished importing our footage and have begun the editing process using Final Cut Pro. It is new to both of us since we used imovie for our previous productions so we are having to learn how to make use of its features as we go. So far we have found it a lot more efficient for dealing with a relatively large project such as a music video. For example the clips can be arranged into individual folders known as "Bins", this has been useful since we have several different narrative strands as well as 2 locations for the band; so we have been able to arrange them.

Another useful feature is the way that the program makes a copy of your clip when you drag it from a folder down to the timeline, this means that it is significantly easier to use more than one section of film from a single film clip since you never have to crop a clip indefinitely. The dual viewing windows are also an effective tool for cutting clips at exactly the right time since they allow us to coordinate the sound in one project with the video in the other.

One setback we have had is that the footage we filmed for part of the narrative with the soldier running through the forest and killing the refugee was filmed on a different camera to the rest of the footage. The majority of the footage was filmed on a camera with a widescreen aspect ratio, whereas the footage from the other camera is much closer to a square. We are going to see if we can find a way to convert it to the right aspect ratio, if not we may have to cut that part of the narrative out entirely. We will have enough footage to replace it however we may have to change the order of things slightly.