Prelim task evaluation

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In our media lesson on the 30th September I used Final Cut Pro for the first time to edit my prelim task, filmed in the previous lesson. I found the prospect of using Final Pro Cut daunting as it seemed very professional and i don't have very much experience in editing aside from using IMovie. However, once we got into it i found the software easier and easier to use. When filming we tried to keep at simple as we could and therefore didn't have many shots so it wasn't hard choosing and uploading our clips. I found marking in and out incredibly easy and useful as it was very accurate and enjoyed cutting and fitting clips together.
I did find putting it together slightly challenging as our group constantly had to remember about continuity and to make sure our shots fitted together and the transitions looked smooth. Luckily as i said, we kept our shots very simple and we had previously agreed the shots we wanted to use, so even before entering the editing suit we had a pretty good idea of what bits we were fitting together. I think the outcome of our prelim task was to a pretty good standard as it was simple yet did include match on action and shot-reverse-shot and a mixture between medium shots and closeups.
After this prelim task it has made me more confident when it comes to planning the opening of our thriller films, i think the key is to keep it as simple as possible so the editing process will be easy and will allow us to spend more time on making it perfect.