As I wasn't sure on how Jonny edits and I wanted to make sure we have a proper structure to the piece I said to him that I would go through all the interview stuff and organise the interview to make a structure to the piece and Jonny said he would go through and sort out the footage and put sequences together so then we could combine the interview bits I have with cutaways and sequences that Jonny had put together.
After Spending a lot of time going through all the tapes and doing a transcript for int interview I then started going through and picking out the part I felt were strong and deciding how I thought they would best fit together. When editing my Documentary together last semester Debbie had suggest that I edited into sections of the different subject matters as then it would be easier to move around each section until I was happy with the overall structure. I took a similar approach to this. I got the section introducing rock climbing, bit on rock climbing at Stanag Edge, piece on safety and then the piece on Bouldering. I decided that it would be easier to figure out the overall structure when had the actual sequences of climbing as we could see what pieces follow on well and what pieces don't.
Meet with Jonny one day and he said he had made a start on the introduction to the piece. When he showed me it it was only a small number of shots together. I didn't really think it worked well as an introduction as was him pulling rope up at the top of the cliff and I made it clear to him that I didn't think two of the shots worked next to each other as they are too similar and I don't like how it seemed like a jump cut.
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| Edit of interviews |
Couple of days after I organised to meet Jonny so that we could start going through the interview and clips together and start piecing them together. When Jonny came in he was unable to show me what he had done since last time as someone was on the Mac he was on previously. Then when they left he then said he hadn't don't much else since last time. As he then sat there on Facebook and not helping I decided I would then go home and do it in the comfort of my house.
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| Edit when meet Jonny day before |
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| Jonnys edit of the cutaways and climbing sequences |
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| Jonnys ending sequence edit |
The Day before it was due in he then had produced me with all the work he had been doing. I felt that this was a very poor amount for him to do. At this point I had already done an rough edit with a small gap in the middle of about 30 seconds and about 30 second at the end. He was surprised I had done so much but I felt that as it was due in the next day a lot more should be done before this point.
I left Jonny with the edit on my Mac and he added in a few shots at the end. These did look alright but then when I actually filled in the rest of the gaps they did not work with continuity so I had to change them. All the tracks that I had edited to and used I don't think worked very well with the piece so I said to Jonny, as he was sitting there not doing anything, to try and find some music we could use. After only finding one track that didnt not go with the piece at all he then had to leave.
I then decided that as I had done everything for this and most of the last piece I would make the edit presentable and then leave it as that. I filled in the last few gaps and then left it. I was not happy with how it was. I think the interview pieces flowed well and was a good structure but then the sound, music and the cutaways made the piece weak.
I found it very hard as I was doing it on my own and didn't get to discus or get another viewpoint on it so got stuck on what to put in the gaps. I think if I was to have this help from Jonny this piece would have been a lot stronger but its hard when I dont have that support. Im very fussy when it comes to my edits and I'm a perfectionist but in no way did i stop jonny from doing anything but when it got the a few days before it was due i wasn't going to not do anything just because hes suppose to as i want to create good strong pieces of work.
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| Edit that was Presented |
