Line edit

     We have started our editing process by making a basic line edit of all the footage we want in the final product.

    We began this process by following the script to insert each piece in order, when we were putting the footage in order, we used process of elimination to decide which take we liked best for each scene. However, we left both the closeup and long shot versions for the table setting section of the film because we are still undecided on what is best and need to figure out which of the options is more suitable for how we want to incorporate our credits. 

    After doing this the film is around 18 minutes long which was not ideal because it will require a lot of tough decisions on what to cut from the final product, however we were grateful not to have too little film. This also was not that big of an issue because the main reasons it was so long is due to some duplicate of scenes in close up and long shot, we also have about two clips that run for a long time so we can decide what's best, but they will be much shorter.

    Due to this being so long we began by cropping the clips to cut out parts where we have mistakes or haven't started acting yet, this shortened the product to around 6 minutes. We still need to decide on music for the film which has been a major struggle for us as we can't find any that we think fit the exact vibe we are trying to have, we also need to record our foley. Not having the music or foley yet is delaying the editing process because certain aspects need to smoothly correlate with the music. Another thing delaying our process in not yet having our title card and credits, we need to have these so we can find a way to incorporate them in the film and further editing isn't really possible without them. 

    I think the line edit went smoothly but it definitely brought to light that we really need to get these steps done r editing isn't very possible. In the meantime, we will start by color grading the clips and cutting more out to bring the film closer to the 2-minute maximum.