Editing Preliminary task

After finally filming our preliminary task at school, it was time for editing. In lesson we looked at the famous Alfred Hitchcock who was an English filmmaker and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. I knew I would relate back to his works at some point during my thriller sequence as "his flair was for narrative, cruelly withholding crucial information (from his characters and from us) and engaging the emotions of the audience like no one else"

As all of the equipment was new to me I realised I would have to play around with it first, to fully understand all of the buttons and learn how to use and take advantage of all the cool effects- which i will hopefully use in my thriller. There were lots of different features within the 'Adobe Premier' programme as well as the 'Editing Keyboard', which we later used to our advantage as it proved to be a much quicker way of editing. Short-cuts such as the letter 'C' was to cut out a part of the film that we wanted.
Continuity editing was crucial in the preliminary task as it would help show the uninterrupted flow of action in a story. There is no attention brought to the fact that there's editing taking place. This gives the film a more realistic feel and makes it more believable. However when it came to the editing transitions, there were many to choose from, such as;
-straight cuts

-fade outs
-dip/to/black
-crop cut
-dissolves
-wipe cuts
-jump cuts
-reaction shots
-matched cuts
-motivated cuts
-cutaway shots

A technique that we used when filming the preliminary task was waiting five seconds before and after the action in each shot as it easily allowed us to cut each shot without removing any important action or dialogue. When filming the thriller, I will use this technique as it makes the editing process a lot easier.