This is the first full piece of media I have edited on Premier by myself, and it ended up taking about 2 hours-quite some time for an edit should have taken only about 15-30 minutes.

The first thing that really stumped me was the audio, when I co-edited ‘Pollution’ with the help of my classmates and when I was first learnt to cut and crop on the day Paul took us to the suites the clips I was working with had there own in built sound that would be edited as the video was.

For this video it was obviously quite different, and I would be lying if I didn’t say I was about to go to tech support wondering where the sound was, fortunately I caught on after looking and listening to all the files.

The big issue for me in this edit was syncing the sound and the images together on each track. The clapper was quite handy because I could hear what he was saying as well as see the board. I quickly learnt how important it was to listen to each clip from start to finish and label each clip in the bin section.

In terms of editing experience I utilised the zoom and the cutter next to the digital ‘tapes’ for the first time (previously I had only used command O and I on the clips I was editing, I also discovered how easy cutting a pasting was, and how convenient it was having the audio and video on different tracks-it made them both easy to recycle, as you can probably see in this video I copied and pasted the video of me throwing 3 times.

In terms of decision making, I thought the quick edits gave the film a pacey feel which made it more entertaining. By having myself (the actor) in the first shot for a couple of additional seconds allowed for the audience to establish me as the protagonist, in turn wanting me to succeed in throwing the ball into the hoop-though I never did.

What worked

– The Pace/Quick Edits. This was most beneficial because it gave me much needed experience with Premier, I now feel as though I can crop, trim, cut and past as well as sync audio to a respectable standard.

– The Contrast between the two basketballers. It was well established that I was incompetent and Joel was quite good. The last editing choice I made was including Joel out of character asking the cameraman if the camera was rolling. Within the context of the film it looked as though he was sort of showing off after his shot. My appearance after my failed attempt was also out of character, I was actually smiling because I got a swish, but within the context of the film it appears to be more of a defeated smile.

What Went Ok

– The sound. Because I had to sync up 3 separate sounds for each clip of the basketball hitting the back board some of the syncs are better than other. The middle 2 are spot on, whereas the 1st and 4th are slightly off, probably to a point a standard watcher wouldn’t notice, but as the editor it hurts my ears.

What didn’t work

– My Premier Efficiency. Obviously I’m learning and getting my first taste of serious editing software but it take probably a bit too much time, but the important thing is that its done in the end. I’m keen to continue to get better at Premier, this requires more experience, but I feel as though I now have my foot in the door.

– The Exporting. For some reason the clip was super clear on the Macs in the editing suites, but on my USB the MP4 files looked absolutely horrible. It might be because the classic incompatible Apple/Microsoft software?

What I need to get better on.

– Transitioning between shots. I need to work out how to fade in and out on Premier……I felt that kind of narrowed my options.

– I still don’t know what some of the tools do on the bar next to the clips, but that will come in time.