Post Production

Once I had all of my footage after two days of filming, I was able to export this from the SD card I was using to my computer. I saved all of these clips onto my one drive, organising them into smaller folders based on each model. I was then able to click on any folder and have all the footage for that particular person. I also added in their audio clips as well which I downloaded from my phone, this meant in post production I can just focus on importing from one folder at a time.

From this I then began importing my models footage onto my library on Premier, which I was then able to curate into a timeline. I imported footage for the models 1 at a time as that's how I wanted the film to come out, taking the viewer through each models story in order. This made it easier to edit and cut together. I began with putting my favourite clips onto the timeline and deleting those clips that I knew wouldn't make it to the film (due to blurriness or errors during filming). I was then able to cut down and create a sequence pretty easily from this.

I had some footage of a few of my models speaking into the camera which I could pair up with some of the audio. As the visuals and audio were recorded on separate devices but at the same time, I knew I could match them up in post. I just did this by watching the clip over and over adjusting it slightly until it matched up with the audio clip, I wasn't sure if there was an easier way to do this but it didn't take me long so I didn't mind.

I done this same process for each model until I had all the footage for all 6 on there. They averaged about 20-30 seconds on each person which allowed me some room to add in credits and some titles. I also made sure to leave a small gap in between each person to just clarify there was a change between them. This ended up totalling up to just under 3 minutes which stayed within the brief.

As I wasn't planning on having any elaborate editing styles such as fun transitions or heavy editing this didn't take me too long, in between writing blog posts and doing other uni work it took me over a week to compose. I didn't struggle too much with this process, the biggest challenge was handling a large amount of files. This made my laptop struggle, I did originally want to edit this film onto the Macs at Uni but it would've been a challenge handling files on those as I'd have to download them all depending on what computer I was using.

I have another blog post on my audio and how I sourced it and created it using my models. I didn't really try and make any of the clips synch up with the music I put in as it was there to just be background noise, I didn't want any focus to slip away to listen to the music.

On top of adding music and audio, I also added an subtitles. I did this through creating a transcript which the software did automatically by detecting the words. Not everything it picked up was completely correct and I had to just go back and listen and change it around. One challenge I did face was adding subtitles for Anni's speech. She spoke in Hungarian for the audio which I had planned for, but I didn't think about captioning it. I should've got her to note down exactly what she had said, word for word, after recording the audio whilst I was with her. Instead I numbered the audio into sentences (1-4) and sent them to her and asked her to send a list back numbered saying exactly what she had said in those clips, that way I could make sure there is no errors in translation.

I then inputted these translations as the subtitles where they were needed. This was easier for me as I had already numbered and worked out the different sentences I just had to apply them in order.

As well as captions, I also added titles and an end sequence. I chose to put "EMBRACE YOUR FEMININITY - DIRECTED AND SHOT BY EVIE QUAZI" which was played over a short montage recapping all the 6 models faces. I then added credits at the end, crediting the models and the music source.

Overall, I thought this editing process wasn't too challenging and I liked playing around with different clips, seeing what works best where and working out what is not really working. It made me appreciate the time and efforts that go into making a film.