Editing I: Intro and Audio (28.11.08)

Today we spent about 4 hours editing the intro and the start of the documentary. 2 hours of this work was lost when the editing software crashed.

Update
I forgot to mention in the last post that we could not use any of the audio that was recorded on the R-09 recorder. This is because the volume was too low and the sound quality wasn't good at all.

Summary
Basically, we spent most of the time editing the audio part of the interview. This involved cutting out small bits of long answers, where the answer trails off the subject. Although the technique is simple, it is difficult to cut up what someone is saying, and have it play back sounding exactly like it would be said in real life. This has to do mostly with the rhythm of what is being said and where the accents in the sentence are. Another problem with us using this technique, is that because we could not use the audio from the R-09, we had to use the audio from the camcorder. This in turn, means that when we cut out bits from what is being said, the video of the interview jumps and jerks because he is in different positions when he is speaking, and obviously we can't use this. In the end, we set up about 15 seconds of audio for the introduction and beginning of the documentary. Then, we decided on the graphics we wanted to use and made the opening titles and put in place the shot for the introduction. Also, we added a few pictures fading in and out plus a shot of nathan smoking a ciggarette.