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Sunday 6 October 2013

Prelim Editing with 'Final Cut Pro' - Evaluation

During the prelim editing we have edited the stuff we shot at the prelim shooting. 
First we created two new bins(files), one called 'crush bin', in which we put all our shots, and after that a bin called 'log bin', in which we put the shots from the 'crush bin' we wanted to use in our final project.The left 'project window' shows you a single clip you have chosen before.
Then we started to pull the shots, we wanted to use for the beginning into the 'timeline' and cut them together (IMPORTANT: If you cut on the movement of something, the clip becomes much more alive and fluent). The outcome of that cutting we could see on the right project window.
SAFE YOUR PROJECT EVERY 2 SECONDS (APPLE/S). It's a real pity, if your program crashes and your group loses everything you've worked on.    

As I had feared, our bad planning during shooting the scene made it very hard to edit the shots to one product, because we hadn't got enough shots and perspectives. However we managed it and the outcome, although it could be much better, was not that bad. Moreover we got experience in working with a professional program like 'final cut pro', which I think is much more important than hand in a perfect product.
Our teamwork was sometimes good, but often bad. Vinnie and I worked most of the time alone, which was not alone the girls fault, and we weren't the same opinion a lot of times, because Vinnie is more focused to finish the product very fast and I'm more focused to work very detailed, but I lose the focus to finish the whole product.So theoretically we could and we did supplement each other , but we also hindered each other. But we managed it, finished a average product and collected experience and information to edit a film product with 'final cut pro'. 

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