To edit our footage, we first access it from the ‘Final Cut Server’, where the rushes had been uploaded from the camera tape. We opened the edit proxy (digital copy of the footage) from ‘Final Cut Server’, into ‘Final Cut Pro’ where the editing takes place.Continuity editing is the process of arranging shots in a way that makes sense to the audience and keeps the story consistent. The use of ‘match-on-action’ and ‘eye-line-match’ shots are essential in Continuity editing. Continuous diegetic sound is just as important as the consistency between shots. Sound can be used as a sound bridge between shots, to help show a less obvious edit.
Before arranging the shots, it is necessary to log the shots. This is because the edit proxy is a single video and we need to have each shot individually. To do this we create a new folder to organise our shots in, this is called the ‘Log Bin’. We find the beginning of a particular shot on the main video, selecting the best take of the shot if we have made a few takes, we press the ‘I’ key (in) on the key board to select the point at which our shot begin and press the ‘O’ key (out) to select the point at which our shot ends. We then select ‘modify shot’, give it an appropriate name so we can select the correct shot quickly, and save it into the ‘Log Bin’. We only save the shots into the ‘Log Bin’ that are appropriate for use and free from errors.
We then positioned the shots we want to use, in the order required on the timeline in 'Final Cut Pro', to do this we had to consult our storyboard for the order the shots should be in. We had to ensure all the transitions between the shots were smooth and so that they ran well into each other, and so that the transitions were not obvious. We could not follow the storyboard exactly because they did not fit together. The majority of the screen time is given to Ross, as he is the most important character in the sequence. We had two close ups, one on the suit case as this is the most important
