How I Edited the Preliminary Task

As stated in the previous post, I edited my version on 'Sony Vegas Movie Studio 10 Platinum Production Suite'. This was because it is the software I am most comfortable with using and it can produce just as high a quality video as 'Adobe Premiere Pro CS4' can. In this picture you can see the layout of the video tracks. Most of the shots were much shorter than I predicted and even though this could have potentially derailed the entire clip I was able to repeat the last shot twice. Reversing the very final shot allowed for a much more seamless transition between the replica clips. A cross fade was used on the final clip so that the ending faded out simply and beautifully rather than brutally cutting off.


The audio track consists of the one free song that I sourced. I did have to edit the end slightly, so as to make the end of the song fit the end of the clip. Also, by repeating a section from the opening of the song with the electric sound at the end over the final shot the original feeling of the electric tension in the air is obvious. This works far better than the idea of visible lightning and gives the film a more professional air.


The letterboxing effect was created through using a cropping tool within the software and keyframes. With the first clip to be edited, seen in the first two pictures, I placed one keyframe at the beginning and had the focus be on the entirety of the shot and then I placed another keyframe at the end, but only focused upon a narrow strip in the centre of the screen. This focus size was then copied onto the penultimate clip, seen in the third picture, and it was placed over Frankie's face for the first keyframe of that clip. The next keyframe was roughly in the middle of the clip and the focus was moved to Emily's face. The final keyframe returned the focus to all of the frame. In using a small number of keyframes and keeping to focus as similar as possible the transition and movement between the clips were smooth and worked brilliantly.

In this final lesson on the editing, nobody else in the class has decided to do ADR and so there is no point for us to do so either. All that is left now is to upload and evaluate the final clip.