I have started the editing of the footage, and I have to say it is much harder to edit out mistakes in video than it is in audio alone. The process is the same, but it is so much harder to get the images in a video to line up then it is to get audio alone to flow. I am just getting started with the editing and will continue to work on it, but I am finding it is much easier to cut out mistakes in audio than it is in video. It is not hard to cut out pieces of the video at the beginning and end of a clip, but I have been trying to cut out a section right in the middle of a clip. I will keep trying to get it cleaner, but I am realizing how much harder it is with video. I am finding that if the person is not in the same position at the end of the clip you want to keep and the beginning of the next clip you want to move to, the frame jumps when you watch it and the viewer can tell it has been edited. I did not really consider this when I was filming, if I had, I may have decided to re-do the entire clip to save the editing. I will keep working on it.
I also filmed the final scene today, which is going to require some additional editing due to some mistakes during the take. I will keep you posted on how that goes.
depending on the mistake, another option is to make it OBVIOUS that there is an edit. Trim the clip in two and add a video transition between the two clips at the point of the mistake.
ReplyDeleteGreat suggestion! Also, remember that it does not have to be perfect. I've decided that a few mistakes add to the "authenticity" of the piece!
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