I have to admit, I was a nervous wreck on the inside when showcasing the rough cut to both Louise and my group. As the main editor, I was in charge of compiling the entire footage and gave me a creative outlet to an extent. The team and Louise seemed to be impressed with the analysis, the use of voiceover and host to camera approach. However, just like our audio essay, there has to be a significant amount of content that needs to be extracted in order to be within the five minute time frame.

The only footage that’s missing is our introduction and conclusion consisting of a split screen with multiple Emily’s entering the cinema, which texturizes the essay by providing some sort of narrative. Initially, the team and Louise had difficulty choosing what interesting and relevant information needed to be cut in order to stick to our controlling idea and avoid repetition.

After thoroughly reading the script, Louise was able to extract repeated lines and remove any slow paced gaps in the visuals to put us back on track into the texts and narratives concept rather than drifting off into institutions and audiences. As much as Louise is happy that we’re on track with our video essay thus far, we still need to source found footage, audio, splice the introduction and conclusion, add in captions, video effects, transitions and add in credits. Once again, fingers crossed this will ALL be accomplished once the clock strikes twelve!