Post-production started with a few days respite. The filming process was a huge task that me and my team smashed so we all took a few days to rest and recharge for the next step. Editing. Since we accidentally left the camera mic off of the camera for all shooting on Monday, Ben and I knew we had to manually sync up the footage to audio. Whilst this loomed over us, although not ideal, we managed to do this in record breaking time. I have also learnt to always, always, always check that you are recording on both the camera and the zoom recorder.

Once we had synced up the audio we started to edit. For me, it made the most sense to edit scene by scene. It was hard to know where to start. Then, when it came to the stage where we should’ve had our rough cut done, I got sick. This meant I was unable to come in and use the edit suites for fear of infecting my classmates. This put us back MASSIVELY. Luckily for us, Tim granted us an extension. This meant I could be a lot more present in the editing process. Towards the end of the edit I was given control. I find it best to edit solo, it’s hard to have two chefs in the kitchen. Whilst I didn’t expect to be doing the bulk of the editing, I did enjoy it.

A few of the scenes (because of filming boo boos) had to rely heavily on editing to carry the narrative. A key example of this would be the bathroom scene. As we did not have control over the lights, I had to edit it to look like they had been switched off. Although there are still light reflections on the tiles in the dark moments (something I tried to get rid of in After Effects but didn’t have enough time), I feel like the creative editing improved the scene massively.

Whilst a lot went wrong in the post-production I felt that what I learnt was invaluable. I now know Premier Pro better than ever and I am excited to take what I’ve learnt and use it in my next short film.