First editing session

Today we started editing our footage. We began by selecting the footage we definately wanted to use, i.e. the more effective and professional shots. We then started to build up our timeline, adding shots that mainly went with what our storyboard instructed. However, we did make a few creative decisions about changes to our storyboard, such as the opening couple of shots. We had intended for our opening shot to be a sink overflowing, but when looking back at what we had captured of this, we decided that it would be more effective to begin with a shot of the moon, followed by a deserted street, and then a photograph being developed, before the fast-paced shots and music starts. We also included some of the shots we filmed but hadn't planned, which meant that original shots were shifted about a bit. When cutting our footage, and putting them on the timeline, we started to get ideas about different effects we might put on certain shots, and played around with the effects tool on Final Cut. We then noted our effects ideas on our storyboards for next week when we begin polishing our final product. We were happy to note that we had plenty of footage to choose from, thanks to our effective time management during filming week. Our preparation definately gave us an advantage, as because our sequence is mainly made up of lots of fast-paced shots, we needed to film a lot of different shots in the limited time we were given. We are definitly on schedule with our editing, and our rough cut will be posted tomorrow!