| InterviewsAs I said in an earlier post, if you are going to try and use the audio captured on location, it is critical that the individuals on camera have on wireless mics. Our audio capture was spotty at best and we decided that we needed rerecord the individuals commentary to improve the audio quality. The studio interviews went well. We found it easier to talk without being on camera at the same time. The lesson learned here is to capture audio on site (using wireless mics), but plan on redoing the interviews in a controlled studio. |
Final Edits
Time for final edits. We had a goal of six minutes max for the finished product. Our first cut came in at 12:14 minutes. Wow. Lots of editing needed to cut it down to 6:00 minutes. This part of the project took a lot of time—much more than we had planned for it to take. In the end, we found the best method for completing the project was to have one primary editor, with the rest of us giving that individual suggestions as to what might be cut and/or changed to make it better. Those of us not in charge of editing had to be very precise in our comments so that the ideas were understood by the editor. Once we got the hang of that communication, it went very smoothly.
The completed video is shown here. We are very proud of it. We each received A's for the class. Our hard work paid off!
The completed video is shown here. We are very proud of it. We each received A's for the class. Our hard work paid off!