Lecture: Method of Editing

In today's lecture we looked at the method of editing and file workflow. This was very useful to me as i find that when i am editing i never have a method in which i stick too, i normally edit as i go along and sometimes just hope for the best. I know that this something that i need to improve on as i need to have a method in which i will stick too and in which i will use repeatedly for every edit i do so that there is some system and so that i know exactly what i am doing. I also tend to sometimes have problems when i am organising my files and placing them into different folders, i tend to forget where i have saved files and this causes major problems when i come to do my edit.

The key things in which i took from this lecture -

• I need to label all of my SD cards when i am on location to avoid confusion 
• If a card is accidentally formatted in the camera - leave it and don't record onto it 
• Don't edit straight off the memory card - import it onto the computer first.
• Make sure that there are at least two copies of the footage - eg. one on a computer and one on a hard drive 
• When importing footage, split each of the memory cards into separate folders and label them 
• Have a separate folder for external audio and label it as this 

I learnt that by doing all of these things then i will have a faster and more efficient workflow which will allow me to work at my best for the production.