(MP3001) Enterprise Project - Group project log 05/11/08

Editing Midsummer nights dream for the EGG is our first group project as Artwork media. We have been commissioned by Phil Pervis to edit footage of the play into a finished film. After setting up a new project in final cut my first task was to import the footage which had been captured across three tapes. Upon watching the footage it was clear that it had been shot in three angles left, right and centre. We decided to use a multi camera edit technique for this project but after checking the footage we discovered that there were time code breaks on the 2nd part of tape 2. We decided to adopt the approach whereby we would worry about the 2nd part of the tape after we'd edited the first. Ollie suggested when we did come to edit that part that we exclude the tape 2 from the multi cam edit and add cuts from it separately.
I began the multi cam edit by first selecting each clip in the viewer and finding some audio I could use to sync the clips. When i'd done that I made a multi clip to begin the edit. The first problem I found was that the camera kept moving and zooming in and out. The second problem was that some of the shots were under exposed leaving the picture looking dark and grainy (with noise).
After discussing the problem with Ollie and the group we decided the best and most pragmatic approach would be to edit the film so that we minimized the amount of camera movement and zoom and also to include the best shots with a view that we could color correct the film after it had been edited. I have decided to use the audio from the 2nd camera as that is central but to use the left and right angles as the 2nd camera is under exposed. At this point i have got the first scene into a rough cut.