Editing (Part 1/3)

 Today, I started editing the project. The first thing I had to complete was to import my files. Here is where I hit my first roadblock. When attempting to import my .MOV files to Premiere Pro, it only dragged over the audio to the sequence. I was very confused at this because in the Source Monitor and Bin, I could view the video, it just couldn't be put into the sequence. To try to fix the problem, I tried to convert the file format from .MOV to .MP4, which I have heard sometimes resolves problems with the encoders in Premiere. One by one, I transferred the files over to an online converter and redownloaded each clip. The same thing occurred. Still puzzled, I went to the internet in search of a solution. What I found was that this issue is a problem which Premiere has had for over six years. This issue stems from the software itself creating new productions with the wrong initial settings. 

While this screen appears to not have any issues, looking at the alignment of V1 tells otherwise. The video is not synced properly. To fix this, I dragged down the grey V1 to the blue V1. Then by selecting the option to show the video resolved the problem. This was a setback in that it took longer to get started than I had anticipated to begin editing. 

I started to drag all the files into the sequence. This took lots of time just to order the shots in the right way. Then I had to shorten each clip as there was a starting and ending buffer on each one. After this was completed, I had a working video. Looking at the brightness of each scene, it changed the tone I wanted to portray as each shot was well lit and bright yellow. To fix this, I used the Lumetri Color to add more blue to each shot.

The lighter shot is the one before I edited the Color saturation and amount of blue which would appear. The shot after looks much colder and the needle can be seen better as there is more contrast. This coloration is present in the Smile Room. In the waiting room, it will be more lively to show further contrast between the impending danger of Logan and the relative safety of those in the waiting room. 

What I need to do next is add some music, as well as make the transitions a bit more seamless. This will be what I will work on tomorrow. Finding music which fits the scene will be quite difficult, but, if pulled off correctly, will make the scene much more dramatic. As well as this, I will be making Foley sounds for the needle poking Logan and the sounds of teeth getting ripped out with sounds of flesh tearing. I have many ideas for this, but it will have to wait until tomorrow.