POST PRODUCTION: Editing 1

We've been learning how to edit our sound, image and sequence using Adobe Premier pro. We have been testing our use of the camera and sound equipment over the last couple of weeks and have found a few common issues. We've found that sound can be quite unpredictable, whilst on location our sound can appear as it should through headphones, but once our footage is uploaded to a computer there has often been some back ground hissing or very uneven levels of volume or tones.

 However, using Adobe Premier Pro we are able to view our sound waves from each scene as visualized graphs alongside our timeline. Using these graphs we are able to add key frames to our audio tracks, from the camera microphone, boom microphone and our actors clip on microphone. From here we are able to edit our sound, keeping an eye on our VU meter, to ensure that our sounds blend and transition together as seamlessly as possible, so as not to alert the viewer to the changes in our audio.

In premier pro we can also colour correct our footage. Although to our eyes whilst shooting the lighting inside the Jennison building was reasonably consistent, it became apparent quickly that the camera did not capture this. Some lighting appears warmer or cooler than the rest of our scenes and luckily we can correct this in Premier pro using a tint and some basic knowledge of colour theory. This means adding a slight blue or purple tint to lighting that is too warm, or a slight orange/red tint to lighting that is too cool. This way we ensure our lighting remains as consistent as possible.

We plan to use colored lighting from a small diffused, LED mood light during our low-key lit scenes, but during these pre-production practice sessions we have seen that this could be difficult to control. This is where Abbie (our editor) may need to correct colours in post-production, using Adobe Premier pro.

Filming Pre-production test shots and getting used to our equipment.