P3(B) PRODUCING AND REVIEWING AN OFFLINE EDIT

For this section, discussion on producing an offline edit will be included. This requires notes on what I did when editing my filming together, before additional effects were added to the sequence in the timeline section of ADOBE PREMIERE PRO. Below, I have inserted a screenshot of the sequence of my edit, before I added the extra effects to the film. These effects include titles and transition options. However, because I like to work on adding the effects as I go, I found it quite difficult to add the additional features of the film after all the clips had been edited together. 

This is a segmented screenshot from my timeline, showing the clips I added to the sequence before the special effects were added. For most clips, I wanted to include a transition effect to help the film flow more smoothly. 

As there is a specific order these clips needed to be dragged to, I had to refer to a piece of work which I could look at to see which clips came after the other. The storyboards were very helpful in deciding which clips I needed to edit and cut next, especially during an offline edit where special effects where not yet added. Below is a demonstration of the storyboards I created to refer to during both the production and post-production process.

From my point of view, the storyboard shown above was the most helpful out of the ones I produced. This provided the clearest idea for which shot to capture next when filming, but also when editing in the timeline. I think this was because these draft are the clearest images I drew out of the rest of my storyboards and I felt these were the most reliable blocks to refer to. However, I still needed to refer to the additional storyboards as they helped me to determine which part of the story I was at, therefore which clips needed to go next. Never the less, the storyboard I have inserted above, I found the most helpful when editing, as it is the clearest draft and showed me in more detail about what the next shot needed to look like when editing. 

If I were to make a change, I would've drawn the other storyboards in more detail and made more in-depth notes for each shot, so when editing I would have a more specific idea of what I wanted to film to look and flow like. 

Here is another screenshot demonstrating the timeline I put together for my edit. I assembled this timeline using the clips I imported from the card we filmed with. This was put together by selecting each clip that I wanted, then dragging it onto the timeline and editing it into place. This involved a lot of cutting and moving around, to ensure the timing of the film worked out accordingly. To construct meaning in my timeline, I used a couple of techniques to create the effect I wanted from my film. Montage themed scenes was a fairly dominant subject in my film, therefore in order to create these montages, it meant I had to include a lot of clips and cut them down fairly short. As shown in the screenshot above, I included a lot of short clips within my timeline. This was to create the montage meaning to demonstrate to viewers a variety of shots within the same scene, to show different within the montage of 'what could've happened.'