In the beginning stages of editing our two lots of footage we encountered minor problems due to our lack of expertise and experience with the editing programme 'Abode Premiere'.
Cutting
The first main task that my group and I undertook was cutting our video to fit and correspond with our soundtrack. The editing involved splitting the clips to remove any unwanted filming, we also shortened the clips to allow the video to sync with the music, when doing this we was unaware that we was also cutting the sound track which removed parts of the song and forced us to undo the work that we had done to be able to recover the song. We later discovered that to avoid the problem we must ensure the video clip and not the entire time line is selected, which meant everything in the time line would also be split.
Time Stretch
My group and I wanted our music video to be fast paced, with quick, short cuts and various selections of different shots. We then wished for some of our shots to be sped up which involved using the time stretch tool. When using the Time Stretch tool you estimate the percentage of how long you want the clip to be sped up by which therefore meant we had to use a trial and error method to get the clip into the correct time frame. However, after guessing a few different percentages, we managed to get the clips to the correct speed.
Sound
We mainly edited on just Zoe's computer, which we were using to access Adobe Premiere to edit our film, but Zoe's computer would not allow sound to work and therefore caused problems. We could not hear the song and so could not place clips at the correct point. One clip involved the actress singing a line to the song, while another showed her writing out some of the lyrics and it was therefore vital to hear the music as it had to fit perfectly. By editing sound controls and using headphones, we managed to hear the music and therefore was then able to fit in the clips accurately.
Unreliability of Abode Premiere
On one of the days of editing Abode Premiere was corrupted and would only allow us to use the programme for around ten seconds before crashing. An IT technician eventually fixed the problem but this consumed the majority of our lesson time and therefore valuable editing time was wasted.
Lack of User Memory Space
The final problem that my group and I encountered was that Zoe's computer (the editing computer) didn't have enough space to hold our film. It was a continuous problem as we were constantly having to delete other existing items off of Zoe's computer memory to allow space for any new additions or add-ons to our film. When then asked the IT Technicians for memory space on Zoe's computer which was then approved.
