Editing the first day

So, today I was able to put our clips together from the interview we shot last night, and everything went smoothly. I used all of the shots we took last night, and everything is set in place. My job for the editing process is setting the clips in chronological order, making cuts, zooms, and making sure everything is timed correctly.

Assembling the clips proved to be a bit more challenging than I initially thought it would be. Since the actors did not have a set in stone script, the timing would be off for different shots, and so would the movement. For instance, one of the more complicated parts of this was transitioning from the opening 2-shot to the close-up of David Hernandez Introducing Dr. Mueller. This was specifically challenging because in some shots Hernandez pointed at Dr. Mueller and in some he did not. Looking for clips and timing it up to perfection was a time consuming task. Thankfully, good ole overshooting saved the day!

Another technique I did that was ceartinley easier than the last one was the slow zoom in to Dr. Mueller's face that eventually ended up as a close up. As Dr. Mueller was stalling before making his announcement. This gave off the feeling that something was very wrong. His stalling built suspense for the announcment and it’s also intended to make the audience feel uneasy. The discrete zoom in puts the attention on him and adds suspense. Once he finnaly, makes the announcment it was a proper close-up of Dr. Mueller making eye contact, making it really uncomfortable for the audience.

Lastly, I kept the zoom in for an extra 2 seconds of Dr. Mueller staring with the audio muted. This was the final editing touch to add emphasis to the importance of the scene.