Editing: Problems we have encountered

We have spent a few days editing the documentary and making it in to one flowing piece rather than short clips of interviews. It is going very well and we have a concrete order for which shots we will use in which places. However we have encountered a few problems with the editing process and some of the footage that we will need to be amend for the documentary. Here are the issues we are currently facing:

Background noise: Some of the student interviews are filmed at busy times of the day which unfortunately means there is a lot of background noise and the students cannot be heard as much as we would like.

Jumpy cuts: Although we have managed to cut the interviews down to just the "important" pieces, we are experiencing some very rigid and jumpy cuts from one shot to another. We will need to make this a smoother transition so that the documentary flows better as a whole and appears more professional.

Music: We have chosen an instrumental track played on acoustic guitar that we found on YouTube for the music. However when we played this with our documentary, some of the voices are drowned out and the volume is not quite correct. We will need to find a way to fade the music properly so that it can be heard in the background but the main focus is on the interviews and dialogue.

We will be meeting with Peter who is a member of technical staff at UEL who will be helping us to correct these issues before our next editing day.