Second Day Editing

 On my second day of editing, I had hoped that I could finally edit on my computer instead of my phone. I loaded up Premiere Rush on my computer and tried editing, but the clips still hadn't uploaded. I then pulled Premiere Rush up on my phone and a message came up asking if I wanted to override the current file. I selected override thinking that would help transfer the files, but it got rid of all my work from the last class period and had me working from the beginning again...

Although I hadn't gotten far in the last class period, I still had to go back through and find the best cuts, trim them, and place them in sequential order again, while still working towards progressing further with editing. After this happened, I marked in the shot log what shots I was using/wanted to use, so if this happens again, I don't have to look back through and figure out which clip I wanted to use.

After getting past this setback, I dedicated this day to deciding which clips I wanted to use since we had takes of the same shot from different angles. A comparison of a still shot versus a close-up, tracking shot of the same move it below and I was debating which I liked more.

For the uniformity of the film, I went with the still as we don't have much camera movement throughout the short film, and I felt like it messed up the pacing and flow that was established earlier on. I had all the clips layed out up until the last couple moves to finish out the film, but our "short film" was becoming not so short and I'm sure we're going over the alotted time, so the next day I edit, I'm going to work on trimming or getting rid of uneeded shots. By doing this, it could also lead to quicker shots, averaging at around 2-3 seconds per shot. This ties into our action genre convention, which includes fast paced edits and pacing.