I got 4 more people to edit my scene: Jessica, Jennifer, Stephanie, and Daniel.

Jessica, 21, never studied media

Story: BOY frequents this bar. He goes there to think about life, uni, problems…etc. In the letter, there is a rejection and he doesn’t want to face it. GIRL is the bar owner.

Similar to Lena, Jessica also wanted to leave it as a one take – she didn’t know what I meant when I told her to edit it. She found it really difficult. She used the back shot because she thought it looked cool, and cut to the front to show what’s happening. She cut to the letter for the sake of it. Used the last shot because she had already chosen the take as the base and didn’t want to re-watch footage. Overall, she didn’t put too much thought into and really just couldn’t bothered with the software.

When I asked her whether she would have added some transitions or music, she said if she had though of it she would.

Jennifer, 20, never studied media

STORY: BOY’s girlfriend is breaking up with him through the letter and he is depressed, GIRL is the bartender at the bar he frequents.

She only used one cut so most of the scene was played out through the mid close up shot. She decided to use the shot where Kai approaches camera because she wanted to his reaction to the letter, but she would have preferred if the frame showed his face.

She wouldn’t have put any transitions, but she would have put some background music – maybe some slow bar-appropriate soundtrack.

Stephanie, 16, studied media in year 9

STORY: Same as Jennifer

Stephanie had a ‘the more, the better’ mentality to her edit. She wanted to use many shots and angles, but there was nothing particularly meaningful behind each cut. She paid more attention to sound and continuity compared to the others (excluding Priscilla).

She wouldn’t have added any transitions though she might have added some background music if she knew what the mood of the scene was like.

Daniel, 26, never studied media

STORY: BOY is a pessimist and has come to his good friend, GIRL’s  bar. GIRL likes BOY and the letter is a love letter from her.

Daniel used the most shots of all editors for a total of 14. Some shots he chose based on sound (such as the first one where you can hear my action call) and others based on visual. If he had more time, he claims he would  have made the cuts smoother and put voiceover over the visuals.

He says he would have added background music ‘See you again’ from Fast 7.