'Bitter Little Twist' Edit

Documenting my edit for Paul Manning's short-film 'Bitter Little Twist'.

Edit timeline of 'Bitter Little Twist'

Before the editing process began, we had to convert the footage off the camera Paul had used. Due to the nature of the clips the camera produces, we couldn't put the footage through MPEG Streamclip as the software doesn't support footage conversion for the Canon XF305. After downloading various amounts of software in an attempt to convert the footage, nothing came to light. The usual software I used in the past named 'XDCAM Footage Converter' wasn't functioning properly as Final Cut Pro 7 has been taken off every single iMac on the university system. Fortunately, Paul had the required software at home so he took undertook the task of converting the footage before handing it over to me. 

ROUGH ASSEMBLY - 

Paul created the initial rough assembly, and stuck closely to the shot-list he created. We discussed and agreed beforehand that we should follow the shot-list closely and make any changes necessary afterwards. Due to the nature of Paul's simple cinematic approach, it meant that there were no more than 15-20 shots for the whole film. This meant that although the piece had little breathing room for manoeuvrability, it allowed us to create a clear, concise and relatively simple edit. 

ROUGH CUT -

• Cut down the duration of the dance/broke up the sequence
• Refined the opening sequence of the male protagonist on his knees 
• Cut out certain clips and added stronger takes
• Exported latest picture-cut for sound designer Emma Tackney 

FINE CUT -

• Added Emma Tackney's sound design
• Picture-lock
• Overlaid a jump-cut of the black-dressed woman over the dance sequence