Editing - Bed-Making Cuts

Folding Faster for Film

    In my last blog post, I finished editing the film for scene one. In this blog post, I will be shortening the section of scene two where Emma is making her bed. The current raw footage is a little over 3 minutes long and I need to shorten it to just under a minute.

Process

    To do this, I used the same process as when I was creating my montage where I imported my media into Premiere Pro, used the Split and Delete functions, ordered the shots, and placed transitions. The main difference in my process was that I used much longer clips than I did when I was creating the montage sequence. I also used fade-ins and -outs to provide a slower, softer transition between shots. This helped me maintain proper pacing and make this part seem more continuous.

Reflection

    While I did not face any challenges during this step of editing, I believe I was still able to grow in my experience and ability with Premiere Pro. I think that my choices with how I edited this scene were effective in presenting what I wanted to convey to the audience. I think that this part's calmness matches with the Daily Script Podcast's extremely well. This part of the opening is really meant to serve more as background visuals for the podcast; therefore, it should serve its purpose well. In my next blog post, I will finish editing all the film for my opening.

    Until then, farewell!