Editing First Week

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     This week in the production of our opening short we started the editing process. This week the main focus was sorting through all the different takes we did and putting those shots in order so we could edit them. We plan on starting the title sequence and text next week, prioritizing the setup as it took some time. 

    Currently, the video effect we plan on using is a camera blur in the first couple of seconds when the protagonist is looking up at the light. Along with this, we plan on using a fade-in for the audio of the therapist talking. We encountered a few problems editing this. This included all the clips being sent in a random order and since they weren't numbered or named in any way the only way to check which clip is which is to open each individual file. In total, there were about 30 files. Since they weren't numbered also it was confusing to see where each clip was supposed to be on the timeline. Our solution to these problems was to open each file and refer back to the script. Using the script we can number where each one is going to be on the timeline. This took some time but we were able to do it. 

    So far around 2-3 hours have been spent on the editing process, mainly due to the mistake we made of not naming files beforehand. In this process, it has just been me but my group members will be helping with the actual editing process throughout next week. We were even able to schedule a time for us all to meet and edit this project. 

    

Photo of me starting to edit the project on Capcut
The Capcut software we are using 

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