EDITING - Montage Cuts

 Making the Montage

    In my last blog post, I finalized the the production phase of my project. In this I will begin the editing stage by cutting the clips that will be in the montage in scene one. I will do this within Adobe Premiere Pro. Then, I will put in the clips in my preferred order to create my montage.

Cutting the Clips

    I cut the clips in the Premiere Pro using the Split and Delete functions. This allowed me to make the clips I wanted separate fro each other and to delete the clips I did not need. I did not struggle with this much but it took me a long time because I had to very precise with where I split and what I deleted to make sure I did not accidentally remove an important shot.

Ordering the Clips

    To order the clips, I just took the clip I wanted to move and inserted it I wanted it to be. This took me some time because I kept changing my mind about the order of certain clips. Eventually, I was able to finalize the order of the clips. I wanted to transition between the clips using sudden jump cuts and tried to accommodate for this.

Reflection

    Making the montage was a pretty smooth process. I did this specifically to lighten the mood of my film opening a bit and to captivate the audience's attention by incorporating something they would not expect. It creates a more calming sense within the opening rather than one of suspense. In my next blog post I will be adding the rest of the clips I took to finish the first scene.

    Until then, farewell!