Editing Blog

After I was done filming all of my commercial the previous class, it was time to edit. Since my commercial wasn't a single continuous shot, some editing was required. Also, since my commercial has the subject running up stairs, it can't be taken in a single shot. As the subject ascends the first flight of stairs, there is no editing required. It is the same thing for the second flight of stairs. This is because the cameraman is positioned specifically so that he can get the subject running up the 1st and 2nd flight of stairs without any editing. Then, we had the subject drink Gatorade in a close up shot. Edited in right after the subject runs up the two flights of stairs. Then, it transitions into a tracking shot right after. This doesn't need any editing in between it because it is a continual shot. We had also filmed a different shot where the tracking shot was on our first day of filming. It would be the same thing as the first shot. Where the cameraman is positioned so that he doesn't have to move while filming. The subject then runs up a 3rd flight of stairs. After that, the subject runs up a 4th without getting tired. However, there is no stairwell that has 4 floors. As a result, we had to film the subject running up the 2nd flight of stairs again to give the impression that it was a 4th flight.  The first problem we ran into was the fact that no one in my team has editing experience. As a result, I had to watch some videos on how to edit and what to edit with. I found an app called Clipchamp and decided to use it.