Construction Post 9: My technical learning curve (production and post-production)

Before starting the media AS course, I had little to know experience with film editing and only a small amount of experience filming in my free time. I do greatly experience the remarkable learning curve I've had in being able to edit to a pretty good ability. I've learnt how to use Adobe Premier Pro in cutting, colour grading, key framing audio, changing the pace of a shot, using the razor tool and other such tools in order to cut the shots well and place them to the right places in order to keep continuity. I've also picked up the mental skills needed for editing to a high enough level, e.g. the editing of a sequence, i.e. the great attention needed to pick up the precised continuity errors that need to be worked on for each shot. in order to make sure that the narrative is shown well throughout in order for there not to be any jumps or glitches. I have now learnt the importance of lighting when filming in order to show and dramatise what it is that I want to show on film and the importance of moving the camera quicker for pans and arcs instead of worrying that doing so would make the shot look less slick, it doesn't and the fast camera shots allowed for a greater sense of tension and a faster, more dramatic pace to suit the action-thriller genre well.

A screenshot of our editing timeline