After exporting and watching the first rough edit of our film there are both positive as well as weak aspects.

The timing and of certain shots and the flow of the sequence can be improved a lot, same goes for sound sound effects. But the footage overall looks good for our purposes. There are a few potential continuation errors but these can be fixed in the edit with fillers. This is where the b roll type shots of the house come in.

I’ve recognized a recurring theme to the process and reflection of editing and shooting, and that is certain choices you make about equipment and resources used will almost always come with two sides, positives and negatives in relation to other potential decisions.

I chose to edit this project from home as it allows for a lot more flexibility and ease than having to travel into RMIT and book a suite to edit, especially on days when I have shifts at work. My five year old HP runs Premier fine for the most part, especially if I run it through a larger monitor (which I also have) but when watching the preview back through Premier I do experience quite a bit of lag which is really annoying when trying to hone in the timing of the sequence. With past Projects I’ve had to watch the exported rough cut and then go back to alter the flow of shots after getting a clear sense of the relationship between separate shots and SFX within the edit.

In future I may just have to consider either upgrading my home setup or allowing for more time to come in and edit on campus

Watch the first cut bellow:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1uy-NK6GkZCXXtQfvny4s50wwi4lg5hfC