8. editting

A bit of a setback was thrown our way today as the last camera with a microphone input was taken before film even started. Lesson learned: early bird takes the worm. It pays to get to class not on time, but early, and start working immediately. Since we couldn't record, we captured and editted. Jerald, Marcus and Lok Lok captured and editted footage for the comic, while Michele and I editted the already captured footage for the documentary. In about 15 minutes, we had halved the length of our documentary, showing just how much footage we had to start with, most of which was absolutely useless. Watching our discussions, I realized we have not really thought about non diegetic sound yet. This is something that needs to be done soon, as our project is due in about two weeks.
I also learned how to extract audio from video clips on Final Cut Pro (by clicking the two green buttons consecutively).
This has been the most productive film class we have had so far, despite the minor technical problems we encountered and the fact that we only managed to get a camera to record toward the end of the class. However, as we are getting closer and closer to the deadline, I think that in order to ensure the same kind of productivity in every class (lesson learned from class 6; we can't afford to waste any more time) I suggested that we come up with a checklist of things we need to get done every lesson.