Post Production: Editing

This is the editing process for the project. This blog post was made by Bagas.

I have always used capcut from all the previous projects such as the documentary, it is simple to use and the UI is easily noticeable, by that I mean it's easy to locate elements (effects and other adjustments).

Capcut labels the elements clearly such as transitions, captions and vice versa. This makes it easier to locate the required editing features. Also this tab that previews the clips before adding it makes it less time consuming since I will know which video to add ( if there are multiple videos that look similar, by clicking it once capcut allows the user to view the video before inputting in onto the timeline . 

The first step I did was laying out all of the clips in a chronological order, following our storyboard, then the song was added. A major feedback that changed most of the editing was when our teacher said to cut and edit to the beat of the song, this gives it a smoother flow and makes it look neater. 

I followed up with adding adjustments towards the music clips, retouching them by changing the lighting, contrast, etc. 

PROBLEMS:

• Multiple problems I had with editing is that in the process of it, we had flaws with our shooting therefore everytime we reshoot I had to readjust multiple clips within the video, such as the timing and editing.

• Another problem I had was since its mostly handheld the camera angles the clips were very shaky and it didnt look good

• Color and lighting as well was very different from each other since we used multiple devices ( each has different setting and quality)

• Time management , I was being barraged with school mocks so It was quite difficult for me to spare some time for editing , unless its a media project lesson 

• Loads of the features in capcut requires a premium membership and its quite expensive 

SOLUTIONS:

This is one of capcuts handy features which stabilizes the clips, eventhough it requires a friendship, me and my friends gathered up money and bought the membership in order to use this feature. The results were satisfying , the clips didn’t have a significant change other than it being stable . 

Another feature of CapCut is the apply to all buttons. This allows a clip’s adjustments to be copied throughout all the clips, since I said the problem was that most of the clips were different , this feature allowed the clips to look more similar to each other. This reduces the time to edit and makes the process much quicker.

As for the missing parts or recording problems when editing, instead of removing a whole section then ruining the whole timing again, I can replace the section with temporary text labeled the section that needs to be filled in. For example, 

It can be replaced with text like this as a way to mark the missing spots.

Not only will this help in editing but itll help with recording as it keeps track of things that we need to fix or extra recordings we need to do . 

As for time management problems, it was a major consequence of mine for not being able to manage time properly . Next time i'd have to free up more time for this

Self Reflection

Editing helps complete the project all together - combining all the camera movements/angles, mise-en-scene and the music into a video that flows well. The editing process makes sure the clips are alligned with the audio so whenever there is rythm in a scene, the editor (Bagas) would cut and match the clips to the beat. This is common for music videos and we are conforming to the convention. While Bagas did most of the editing, a part of the editing I contributed was, I imported b rolls (cinematic shots) of our artist's room such his bed, wardrobe, etc and allign the beat to it in the intro of the music video. One of the problem I encountered was I had limited time to edit as I started in class and there were only a few b roll clips so I couldn't use many clips as I wanted to. The solution to this was to just choose the best cinematic shots for the intro and keep the rest of the video the same. Next time, I want to contribute more on the editing process with Bagas as it can save time for each of us (as each person does less work) and we could potentially come up with better ideas together rather than being alone.