Editing the Preliminary film

In class today we used a programme called 'Final Pro Cut' to edit our prelimiary films. Firstly we just watched through our shots, to see if we got all the cuts we wanted. Then we made a 'bin' and named that 'rushes'. Once we had put all of our shots into the 'rushes' we were able to start editing and cutting our film into how we wanted it to be. We learnt that you cut by using the letter i and o, for the start and finish of the bit you want to cut in, also that you use snapping to get the cut smoother. At the top of the screen we had two screens where we could see in one of them the bit we were cutting and in the other how the film was looking so far. Once we had done it a few times we all got the hang of it quickly our timeline started to get longer and longer. We were all wanting it to look and sound perfect so we spent a lot of time making sure that the audio fitted together right - and although that may have taken a bit of time once we'd got it, it sounded so much better and was worth that bit of time to get it right!