Edit time

I've been editing what I've filmed so far, little by little, as I film each scene. So I have the cult scene roughly edited already, just without extensive sound mixing. The same goes for the first scene with the boys in the parking lot and the first scene in the car. I have those scenes cut up, just no sound yet. 

After wrapping up filming, I started editing the gas station scene, mainly just because its my favorite. From here on out, I would be focusing a lot of creating a soundscape for each scene, whether its dietetic sound like car doors closing or Bryan's stomach grumbling, or other sound effects like risers. 

The process hasn't been too bad, I'm a pretty experienced editor, so its not difficult for me to edit a piece, but with this its a lot about the timing of each cut and making sure the pacing is good since I don't want the piece to feel like its just dragging on and on. However, even though I know how to edit and am pretty good at it, the process has been draining. I've never worked on a project this big. The biggest piece I've had to edit prior to this was my documentary, and that was a little over 5 minutes. For this, its looking to be 8 to 9 minutes. That may not sound like a lot, but to edit all of that, and go through each scene and each shot extensively making sure that the pacing is good, the sound makes sense, and every shot is colored correctly, it just becomes a bit of a grueling process. Don't get me wrong though, I do love editing, but its just a lot. 

What I've been doing so far to keep myself organized is having different sequences on Premiere for each scene, and I divided it up into Poop Ensues, Homeless, Gas Breakdown, Cult, and Final scene. This has helped me divide up the workload and make the editing process more approachable. 

Here are the sequences for what I've edited so far, and I'm not even done with either of these yet, but its mostly just sound now. I still have to edit the Gas Breakdown and Final scene, which shouldn't be too bad. Im excited that its coming together. While I edit, I have to work on my social media and my promotional postcard for the film that I would pass out at film festivals, so I will be talking about these 3 things moving forward, as well as starting my critical reflection soon.