Editing: Solving the issues

After meeting with Peter today we have managed to solve all of the issues we first encountered. This enabled us to continue editing for a few days and the finished documentary is now finally complete. Below is a list of how we solved each issue we originally encountered.

Background noise: Unfortunately some of the clips had to be completely cut from the documentary as the background noise was too overpowering. However Peter showed us that we could change the volume levels of a piece of footage in final cut pro so after playing around with this for a while we have managed to make the majority of background noise very minimal, and it is now hardly noticeable.

Jumpy cuts: By using the T (Transition) tool in Final Cut Pro we were able to make a much smoother transition between our shots and our documentary as a whole now flows much better.

Music: We were able to decrease the volume levels of certain points of the song in order to allow the participants to be properly heard. We were able to fade the music gradually using the fade tool for more important points of the documentary and make it slightly louder at times when we show still images or shots of staff working where no extraneous sound is involved.

Now that our documentary is edited and saved on a hard drive which we will be giving to Clare, our next point of focus is the live performance which will be happening on the 10th May. We will be meeting again this week to talk about the preparations for this and we will then establish exactly what we need to do.