Day 7 - Beginning of Post-Production

Today marked the beginning of post-production and with that, seemingly the end of traveling and certainly the end of getting the bulk of our shots. In that sense, the day felt quite a bit slower, but nevertheless there was as much to do, maybe even more so, to get done within the hours, particularly in terms of editing, which is really what we are diverting to now. Editing has never felt more involved yet simultaneously more stressful, with color correction, audio equalization, video stabilization, and cuts becoming a very common occurence as the day went on.

Ren working with Justin to determine spots in the video

to make cuts

Much of the day was additionally stressful due to the fact that we spent much time compiling and transferring video and audio. This gave us some down-time that allowed us to reflect discuss the general storyline of the documentary and what we want the atmosphere and focus of the documentary to resemble and be, respectively. We got started on this process in the morning, but it still took much of the afternoon to feel like our group got right.

Ms. Harrison's guidelines for structuring documentaries
in post-production

Sofie goes over the narrative structure for her crew's documentary

Although for all of us there is still quite a ways to go in terms of finishing up, much less putting the final polishes and touches on our respective documentaries, I was grateful to settle down today and begin the editing process in full force, and I think we all appreciated taking steps back from the cameras and the mics to really consider the documentaries on more introspective, personal levels and get a full sense of what we need to do going forward.