Editing

Final Cut Pro

We used Final cut Pro to edit our video on the apple mac computers provided by the media department. Using Final cut Pro was a lot more efficient when loading the video clips onto the programme than Adobe Preiemere Pro as you could load them directly to imovie and then to the editing programme instead of having to rename all of the files.

When all the files were imported and we started to edit the clips we realised that we had more filming to do, due to shots not being centred and some being shaky. When we had all the shots it was easier to see what went where, as we went along we found it easier and quicker to use short keys, for example 'z' to zoom in and 'b' to cut the clips.

The names of the clips were on the left hand side and you could double click them to make them appear on the screen or drag them onto the editing panel. You also have a second window which you can watch the edited clips on. There is an option to use transitions but due to the fast pace of the music we did not feel it was necessary to use fade in/outs and dissolves.

It was hard to get the actors to sink with the music, taking a lot of time, patience and effort. It also took along time to get the clips in time with the music to make the video come together as an upbeat, fun music video.

This is an example of final cut pro and the layout. You can see where you can drag the clips from the left hand side onto the main panel, using the curser to place the images accuratly.