Construction Post 4: Reflections on Edit Week 1

 It became evident to us as a group that the editing stage would demand good organisation within our group, and as result we agreed to sort out an editing schedule. This was organised in one of our weekly meeting sessions, where as a group we discussed who is free at what times and from this. decided on and wrote down initials of the group member that would be present in that session. Throughout this, our underlying aim was to not only ensure that at least 2 members of the group were present at every session, but to ensure that we had a few sessions where the whole group was present. Looking back, this was probably one of the best decisions we made in the process because it meant that we could work as a group and have as many critical eyes working on the edit as possible.

Things we did in edit week 1:

• Renamed all the shots 
• Identified the best takes for each shot
• Set 'in and out' points for the shots with best takes
• Identified and selected a music track
• Put all chosen and cut down shots onto the sequence timeline
• Recorded any other dialogue that we needed
• Created titles

Although we worked well during the edit week, it became apparent that the conflicting ideas in the group were having an impact on group morality. We were struggling to be as productive as usual when editing, so we decided something had to be done. We decided to split our group of 4 into 2 and work as pairs, editing on 2 different timelines; the pairs were Gabriel and I, and Prudence and Ella. We consulted our teacher of this plan, and once we gained their permission, we were quick to start the editing again. From the group point of view, this was the right thing to do as it meant that group relations were not impacted anymore and although we would be working on separate sequences, we were sure to share ideas and consult eachother with any significant decisions made separately.