On Friday we had a guest freelance editor, Jeremy Bowtell, giving us a crash course of how to edit in adobe premiere. At the beginning of the session I didn’t think I was confident with premiere and editing because it had been a while since I had used it. But I realised all the things covered were things I already knew, and gave me more confidence in my ability to edit this piece. It was useful to get a refresher on the functions of premiere and how to set yourself up for an effective and efficient process. Organisation and making sure everything is in the right place before  you begin is vital, and i found it made the process go a lot quicker for me as well.

My piece relies on editing to a large extent, as the effective imagery and sounds will come from quick flashes of action and time lapse. I found the sounds were quite interesting as they were, sped up without the pitch affected, and I managed to get a really rough version of the bulk of the piece done. However I decided to supplement this with more consistent and repetitive sounds of cutting, ripping, gluing, crumpling etc to make it more cohesive and rhythmic. Almost like a musical piece. I will record these myself, though they are not difficult to source online if I require further sounds. Since I have a rough version of he imagery together, today I will begin editing the interview to see if it will work with the piece. Then I can alter them both together. The focus will be on the imagery and sounds of the construction, so the interview will be used minimally, if at all. Once this is together, I will have a rough cut. Then I can add in my recorded sounds and tighten up the edit. I hope to have an almost finished, relatively together piece by Friday the 29th.