Editing

Yesterday I had my first one to one editing lesson at Ravensbourne University based around final cut pro and how to certain edits fit certain film genres. My lesson was only 2 hours however it was really helpful because I'm completely new to final cut pro and it gave me a real insight of the editing and post production side, which is what I'll be doing soon after all the filming is done. I've learnt about system settings about how most of the industry is moving towards HD DV PAL is sort like the old version but for our opening scene we're using tapes so using DV PAL doesn't really make a difference but if I were to send something to the BBC my settings would have to be completely different and I've learnt how to do that. 

I've also learnt how to use the short cuts on Final cut pro for example using markers on important parts of my edits so I can come back it and I had loads of my questions answered so it was a really good experience. I've made a mistakes in the past where my continuity editing wasn't completely correct and I hadn't looked out for things like that before and now I've found easier ways of keeping up and looking out for continuity errors and how to over come it. 
I've learnt to meet the demands of different genres and how we could give it a meaning why would you cut certain bits off and keep others whilst editing, also how to relate to style, form, and content that we are seeing, for example if the content I'm editing is a thriller my edits would be quite choppy and fast and you might have small cuts from different angels or if it was a romance like the genre I'm working on at the moment my edits wouldn't be as fast and my cuts wouldn't be small. So my edits should influence the emotional outcome of my opening scene so the viewers almost move with the image they're seeing. So I learnt quite a lot in that short session about both the practical side and had a good chat about how to make the outcome of the edits clear to the viewers.