Coming Deadline and Progress

Eventhough I was only editing sound I wanted to find out how the edit was going and if I could be of any assistance to the editor.

When I turned up I was shocked at the lack of work that was being done. Most of the footage was neither labeled or put in to bins. The footage that was in the timeline was scrambled and did no justice to what we had filmed. The editor was complaining that he had no structure yet paper work was given to him months ago and there was quarrelling within the group. I was starting to panic at the fact I wasn't going to have enough time to start editing the sound, some groups were finishing and giving their final pieces to their sound editors.

Our editor was distracted by too many things so we left him the footage in hope he would get it done alone.

The director, producer, and myself decided to mend our 2 minute piece to make it better and convey what we wanted to show to begin with.

 The 2 minute piece wasn't previously saved properly so we lost most of it and so we thought we would have to start again.
This was strenuous work as we had to re-name every clip and find any offline files. However it was good practice because we got to know every clip and we dragged out the parts we liked in to the time line. By creating bins all the clips were placed in to them and were much easier to find.

(Putting the clips in to the timeline)

This process took a very long time but we began to feel confident with what we were doing. It was very good experience because we came across problems (such as offline files or footage that needed effects on them to enhance them) and we overcome these by working together and using our knowledge of past subjects.

Putting the footage we wanted in to the timeline allowed us to look at it and determine whether it was suitable to be in the two-minute piece. Bit by bit we gradually assembled the two-minute piece to the way we discussed at the beginning. Even though the piece was non-synch sound I was able to use some of the interview dialogue and practice with the levels and making it fit with the pictures. I was glad I did this because it was getting me ready for the 10-minute piece.

The 2-minute piece was created to show the build up to a match. We used shots of the quiet ground then moved on to shots of police standing around getting ready. We then showed a split screen image of a burger van and moved on to crowds arriving. This whole sequence had sounds of fans cheering gradually getting louder and louder insinuating the build up.

We added Tango talking about his love of Sheffield Wednesday and the love that fans have for the team. This dialogue was covered with images of Tango shouting and swearing at a match along with other fans chanting and singing. Tango then says he is misjudged and it’s all about entertaining the fans and supporting the team. The clip ends with Tango putting his thumbs up at the camera.

I think our new piece is a lot more focused and to the exact of what we wanted to show in the beginning. The footage used is clearer and makes sense with the dialogue. 

I think the interview sounds I picked out are more informative and we can understand him through his accent. However, after leaving the project and watching it another day there were some sound problems I think I should have cleaned up quite considerably, the levels aren't the same and some sounds are louder than others.  Going away and coming back to the project after a while made me pick out some of the mistakes, I didn't have enough time with this project which was quite upsetting as we spent a lot of time putting it together, but I was still grateful that we completed it.