FOOTAGE LOGGING
In this instance, when I say footage logging I mean watching back the footage and listening to the audio and logging everything so it's easier to sync up in post. To do this I will rename each clip using the slate information. By doing this when I'm editing I will be able to work out which clips I need to sync up just by looking at their file names.
Below is an example of what this looked like in the end:
The numbers mean:
6.9 (shot number) _6 (scene number) _1 (take number)
The sound files with the (2) are there because each take has two channels of audio in two separate files. The first is the boom mic and Clive's mic, and the second has Bobbie's mic and a blank channel. This means during the syncing process I will need to split the channels up onto three timeline tracks so I know which is which. By doing the logging now, that process will be made easier.
This was a long process, and I still have more to do after the third production day, but overall it will save me a lot of time during the editing stages of the production. Sitting and watching all of the footage and listening to all of the sound has also highlight a couple of issues, so we will need to reshoot some things on our third production day. I'm very glad I did this.
SETTING UP THE EDIT
To save myself more time in post, I have set my edit up already. This just involved configuring all of the settings, creating and organising all of my bins, and importing all of the renamed footage and audio clips that we have so far.
These are my sequence settings:
My research and own personal experience tells me these are the correct settings for our short film.
These are my bins:
I believe that by organising and setting all of this up now, as well as by logging all of the footage now, I will save a lot of time during post-production which is good as we already have less time because of shoot reschedules.
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