Studio Lesson 2: Editing

We used the programme Adobe Premier Pro which can create amateur YouTube videos to high-end comedies like Deadpool. Earlier in the week we shot small sequences of wide, mid and close up shots of a person doing a gesture. We then edited this on the Macs in the editing suite. At first, the files were already imported into the software in a folder which is often referred to as a 'bin'. When opened, another tab is opened called 'rushes' full of your files. These are called rushes because in previous times the footage is rushed off for it to be developed for the next day when it can be edited. In America they are called dailies.


You can click and drag the files into the editing bar and crop them down by using 'trim handles', and if you need to cut a clip in half you can use the razor blade tool. After this, the change the tool back into an arrow again, simply press the 'v' key on your keyboard.


The key thing to remember about editing is to cut the shot you want to edit when the subject is moving, not beforehand, or then your audience will get bored of watching no movement. You also have to show the first moment in and the last moment out, to make sure the audience knows when it's the end of the scene.

I learnt that these shortcuts are very useful and will come in handy in the future. The lessons with Matt so far are going to help greatly with my future work in editing my preliminary task and thriller sequence. He has taught us many new slang words in the studio which will help in not getting confused on set, which is useful.