Classwork: Editing Practice

 This blog post contains the work me and Kim did in my lesson on how to successfully edit. My teacher filmed the footage but me and Kim edited it together. My teacher also provided the template for the blog post. 

Why is continuity editing important?

Continuity editing includes making sure that items like props or costumes stay consistent from scene to scene. But the more important work lies in editing shots together in a way that leaves viewers thoroughly grounded in both time and space.

Different types of continuity edit 

• Straight cut (cut)

• Eyeline match 

• Shot /reverse shot

• Cutaway / Insert 

*Match cut

Footage

Here is the footage that my teacher shot which utilises a variety of camera angles and movements. The scene is very simple, it involves a student standing up and leaving the classroom. A single shot here might be quite boring for the audience, by editing and combining the shots together we can make the scene feel more dynamic. 

My editing process

Explain how you edited the clips together. Include screenshots of the editing software. 

Here is my first attempt with some errors. Here is how I fixed the errors…

For this part, it was hard to split the scenes at the right spot and timing to make it align/line up for it to seem smooth enough.

for these scenes, it was difficult to line up the feet together to avoid continuity errors and make the scenes as realistic, accurate and immersive as possible to make the editing results worth it.

Here is my final scene. Editing multiple clips together made the scene better because…

Self reflection:

Overall, this activity was such a fun opportunity for me to be able to learn more on how to properly edit. As a person who have no skill in editing at all, this activity made me clear on how to understand editing concepts and techniques for me to be able to do it myself.