Editing

As we have finished shooting, we are now into the editing stage. Ella has made a first edit, without the music or the narration- so it's a compilation of tracks, pans and Ken Burns effect on archive material, in order of history. She followed the paper edit we created, so she edited this version in a linear film following the history of the dome. I think it is a really good start. Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyboAnuYrV8&feature=player_embedded

My comments for her were about the end and the start. the first shot she used is a slightly uneven pan of the dome, whereas I think a good first shot would be the track outside, or the timelapse that Louise and I created a while ago. I also think a start with music and multiple shorter shots, is a common and professional start to such videos- this will make a bricolage of the dome as it now, and then slow down to start the history. This would look really good with music over the top as an intro.

I also had some feedback about the end, which I think Ella hasn't finished properly. Still, I think it needs like a sunset or a slow pan out, or a "bookend" which reflects the start (so a similar faster paced bricolage of the dome now.) Either of these might give the film a nice ending feeling, so it doesn't end so abruptly.

We have had some feedback about occasional places there is camera shake, and also about the direction of the Ken Burns (sometimes they pan in the same way, which looks weird) So we are all going to sit down together and make sure that these issues are dealt with.

The edit is good, I feel like we took on the feedback of our tutors, and made the piece simple, and clear.  Though this did mean giving up some of our ideas, I think with narration and music, the piece will be clear and informative. I was also very pleased that Ella managed to take out the sound problems with the interview.