Classwork editing project

This blog post contains the work I did in my lesson on how to successfully edit. My teacher filmed the footage but my classmate Lamiya and I edited it together. My teacher also provided the template for the blog post. 

Why is continuity editing important?

Continuity editing includes making sure that items like props or costumes stay consistent from scene to scene. But the more important work lies in editing shots together in a way that leaves viewers thoroughly grounded in both time and space.

Different types of continuity edit 

• Straight cut (cut)

• Eyeline match 

• Shot /reverse shot

• Cutaway / Insert 

• Match cut

Footage

Here is the footage that my teacher shot which utilizes a variety of camera angles and movements. The scene is very simple, it involves a student standing up and leaving the classroom. A single shot here might be quite boring for the audience, by editing and combining the shots together we can make the scene feel more dynamic.

My editing process

Here is my first attempt with some errors. Here is how I fixed the errors…

My classmate Lamiya and I worked on this using CapCut.

Here is my final scene. Editing multiple clips together made the scene better because…

Reflection: My biggest problem today was having Wi-Fi problems, it took a long time for things to load so I completed my editing with my classmate, Lamiya. If it were different, I think I would've done a good job editing because I enjoy it and I'm familiar with CapCut. I think this lesson will be helpful for future projects because I didn't realize how many factors there are to making a scene come together. It's very easy to put the wrong clips together and confuse the audience, so that is something I will now take into consideration.