Prepare for Editing Paranoia

I opened up Final Cut Pro then clicked New event and New Project. Then imported all of the footage into one event. The editing assistant is in charge of prepping things up for the editor to edit.

I created 2 events in the form of bins and named them Woods and Crime scene so that it was easier to access and assess and footage and log each of the takes on whether they were usable and unusable for the editing. In the media industry, editors will have to take the footage into consideration because if there were any bad takes, then the editing assistant would need to consult the director.

Paranoia EDL

As the role of an editor, I created the EDL of my 1 minute short film. EDL stands for Edit decision list and it is important because it contains all the shots that I used and so that I can digitally send the footage to the person who will then complete the edit using soundtracks and special effects. In the media industry, that person would be paid more to input the soundtracks and special effects. To create the EDL by opening Final Cut Pro and clicked on file, then Export XML, then I saved it to the desktop so that I can drag and drop it into Microsoft Excel so that it opened up in code-like format which was the EDL for the rough cut of my 1 minute short film. When the person receives the EDL, they double click then the footage will appear rebuilt on Final Cut Pro so that they can augment it.

Paranoia final Edit

Paranoia Rough Cut Lawrence