Lets just start off by saying editing is not my strong suit... I can do it well its just not anything extraordinary.
Kenna and I sorted all of our b-roll footage during class by creating a folder for each interviewee and separating what we had filmed on day 1 of shooting in order to make day 2 easier on ourselves. I also sent Kenna all of the interviews so she could start looking for the important clips we know we want.
I began reviewing the little clips that Kenna had sent me, just mainly watching over the footage so that I knew the order to put it in for when I started the edit. We already had aa predetermined outline, but when I actually sat down and started, I realized it would flow better if I switched things around. Little did I know this "switching around" would take me literally forever. I spent wayyy too long trying to find the right structure for this (with caused us to overlook other important parts of the doc later on).
After dedicating two whole days to just the line edit, I finished piecing the interviews together. I left space in between "parts" to allow the story to breathe as well as making sure that the clips flowed together. Since this was the largest chunk of the editing process, I had lots of time to think over what B-roll I wanted and where.
Kenna and I sorted all of our b-roll footage during class by creating a folder for each interviewee and separating what we had filmed on day 1 of shooting in order to make day 2 easier on ourselves. I also sent Kenna all of the interviews so she could start looking for the important clips we know we want.
I began reviewing the little clips that Kenna had sent me, just mainly watching over the footage so that I knew the order to put it in for when I started the edit. We already had aa predetermined outline, but when I actually sat down and started, I realized it would flow better if I switched things around. Little did I know this "switching around" would take me literally forever. I spent wayyy too long trying to find the right structure for this (with caused us to overlook other important parts of the doc later on).
After dedicating two whole days to just the line edit, I finished piecing the interviews together. I left space in between "parts" to allow the story to breathe as well as making sure that the clips flowed together. Since this was the largest chunk of the editing process, I had lots of time to think over what B-roll I wanted and where.
Then, I began by balancing all the audio levels
and color grading the interviews so that it all looked and sounded consistent
and appealing. I then added the B-roll over top of the interviews and also added in some archived footage Kenna found, such as old performances, pictures
of costumes, etc. I also added in lower third graphics. I also edited a mini intro together, so we could introduce the doc and put up all of our credits (that Kenna also created!). I found royalty free music and edited a small montage together.
Also our title graphic that Kenna designed!
This is what the edit looked like when I finished
And after almost 3 weeks of planning, filming and editing, we were done!! You can view our documentary here (we will for sure be re-editing some of it based on the feedback our class/teacher gave us).
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