Journey edit
- 1. 18/02/2016 Editing a Journey Sequence Creating a journey sequence tells the story of a person or object moving from point a to point b. The way in which this simple process is edited can have a huge impact on the way that an audience will perceive it. Whilst editing the journey of someone taking a picnic to a forest, several obstacles became clear. The first of these was that cutting moving images filmed through the window of a moving car together could be very jarring to watch as they each have different motions within the frame, for example; oncoming cars or pedestrians. When these images are cut together it sometimes appears as if cars are jumping from one place to the next. Each piece of footage had to be carefully cut at moments where very little motion was happening in the background so that the next shot could follow on more seamlessly. Another issue that was experienced was the constant need to use jump cuts as almost every piece of footage had been taken in a slightly different location. Although this could have been extremely jarring to watch, the story of the journey was reinforced by this rather than obscured by it. The montage middle section of the sequence, which was dominated by jump cuts, created a passage of time, revealing that whoever was taking the journey had been traveling for a while. This therefore aided the storytelling rather than creating a jarring effect on the spectator. The use of handheld camera inside the car and stationary shots everywhere else also created a problem during the edit. Hand held footage is difficult to edit due to the unpredictability of the movement of the footage. When cutting between still and hand held shots the effect is quite jarring as the camera suddenly either stops or starts moving unexpectedly. To ease this every shot was cut on action so that no matter if it was still or not there was movement within the picture. This made these cuts more successful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfd8uoetvnI