Editing Process: An Apple A Day...

Editing of the 5 minute film clip was done using software called iMovie for the Mac computer, although the main editor had issues with the use of this software the overall finished product turned out better than expected. We started off by uploading all of the footage we had filmed over the last three days. This was a very time consuming process which ended with some footage being lost, however we overcame this problem by putting extra time into the download process and uploading the footage which was lost again. After planning out the transitions and editing effects we wanted to use, we then placed the footage in the order our storyboard had imagined it to be and slowly edited it together to make it flow and have a storyline to the documentary. The process of splicing the shots together to integrate them into a story was easier than expected, iMovie displayed new editing ways, which helped the documentary run smoothly. There were some issues with the final processes of the editing, where the end footage used of 'Becca' telling us about her favourite apple product, wasn't to a high enough quality due to the light in the room used, however this was just changed by the use of different footage. Another situation occurred just as we finished the movie, as we were uploaded the movie as a complete film, one of the editors moved the file into a different folder causing the folders to be switched around and placed into multiple different folders. Our technician helped us resolve this by finding the individual files and putting them back into one folder. Apart from those issues, the editing process for the documentary 'An Apple A Day ...' ran smoothly due to our planning before hand, the software was an issue to start with but through patience and extra time spent on it, this changed.