In the post process I didnt expect to do very much as the camera man however I was willing to come and help if it was needed but I was not contacted so I was relatively absent for the start of the process. However once we had our tutorial it became evident there was work to be done that nobody wanted, mainly the transcript of the interview, so I decided to help out by doing that at least. I didnt see the edit again until our second tutorial on the wednesday before it was due however once I saw it I began to worry, despite all the group (except Johnny) and being there to help Alex had not really got the full first assembly done so I decided to stay and help for the simple reason that I wanted to do justice to the guys that made the park and skated for us. So we all sat in the cramped edit room and for the most part Alex did all of the work however I could see him getting frustrated with the long hours without break and with us as a group chatting behind him. I took it upon myself to get him to take a break and let me do a little but of the fine editing on the bits he had done roughly, this method of me giving Alex breaks and discussing with him whether I thought the cuts were correct or not continued throughout the process and Alex seemed glad to have someone else there actually editing. Still it was surely Alex who did most of the work and I mostly consulted when he was unsure and offered other ideas. The music and sound in general proved to be a light problem as although the interview were clear one had skating in the background and the other was silent, this made it difficult to cut between the two however with the use of music and skate cutaways we made it work. Unfortunately Poppy's scores didnt seem to be appropriate to the piece and we used Jardans friends band as they and both a grungy and melodic song that would work throughout the whole piece and tie it all together.
As a group we ended up in the edit suite for over 20hours in the last 2days before the deadline but I think as a team me, Alex, Dan and Jordan worked quite well and I am personally really happy with the final project. There are still a few moment I cringe at and would like to change but they were personal preference and Alex like them, they work I would just rather change them... Overall Im really happy with our Doc and I think we have done Craig, Mackey and the New Bird skaters justice!
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