Rough Cut Assembled

Finally, I have finished all my topics and combined my sequences with my partner's. In all, I was able to edit five individual topics that combined for a total of about 12 minutes. My topics are: vox pop, Tori Nelson personal, Anthony Gomez personal, the benefits of parkour for children, and the stereotypes and possibilities of injury associated with parkour.

The Tori Nelson personal and Anthony Gomez personal sections are fairly recent. I had not originally intended on diving into these topics when I began editing. However, their interviews provided the opportunity to explore their characters a little more in depth. Also, they are both very important figures to the topic being discussed. Based on this, I believe they need to be explored with greater detail. In these personal sections we learn how Tori got into parkour and how it even saved his life. Additionally, we learn that Anthony Gomez was at one point on the hit television show, American Ninja Warrior (which is a competitive show about parkour). Investigating the two instructors in this way gives a little more credibility to their words. It shows the audience that they actually know what they are talking about because they have experienced it.

When I finally put together all the pieces, my guess proved correct: there are a few B-roll shots that are repeated over the course of the rough cut. Pre-assembly, I was not thinking about which B-roll shots I had already used. Rather, according to the advice of Professor Silva, I was placing B-roll in every spot that I felt it belonged, which meant that sometimes B-roll was repeated. The next step is to figure out where certain shots fit best. Obviously, the final product cannot have repeated B-roll; otherwise, it may seem like a mistake. Upon assembly, however, there were some shots that I instantly knew fit best in only one spot. These instances I corrected immediately. What's left of repeating B-roll shots indicates that I am still trying to figure out where those shots fit best. I am hoping that the rough cut presentation on Monday will provide valuable feedback on this dilemma.

I also managed to edit together a small intro with music. This actually follows the vox pop. It seems slightly rushed and a little forced in my opinion, but hopefully the class will have some opinions on it on Monday.

On another note, I intend on tackling the color correcting assignment more aggressively this week. The previous weeks have been dominated by separating the edit into topics and then assembling all the topics together and arranging so that they fit and flow. Doing all that, however, has left me little time to experiment with and better learn the color grading applications. I intend on spending as much time as I can exploring these tools this week.