Editing the Final Draft

Editing-How Sony Vegas 12 has been used to edit our media product

 Here we can see me using a custom font which I have downloaded from the internet (dafont.com).

I used this font as the default fonts on Sony Vegas simply aren't professional enough and don't look good enough for our final film, so using these downloadable fonts is very useful for making sure the titles side of our 2 minute opening looks good.

I have used the mute feature in Sony Vegas to mute the sound on our clips filmed by the camera, as it isn't good enough quality to make the final cut, and any sound we are using will be recorded with a sound recorder for higher quality audio.

Fades are also a very useful editing tool in Sony Vegas. I have utilised these at various points in our film, as they look good and provide a smooth transition to black, also they are very simple to add, all you have to do is click the corner of the clip you wish to fade and drag to how far you want the fade to last.

Adjusting sound levels is also key to ensuring your audio sounds professional and isn't too loud or quiet. In our film I had to adjust sound levels a lot, as the loud music we used had to be dropped at the end to make way for the voiceover, so I made sure this feature was used as well as possible.

Adding the black and white effect is another aspect of editing utilised in Evasion. I used this effect along with the timestretch to give our titles a better look and make them stand out. I put the slider on Black and White on full to make the screen fully black and white.

Here is me using the timestretch effect on Sony Vegas. This is done by holding CTRL on the end of a clip and dragging. This effect was very useful as it allowed more time for the titles to come up and made the stunts stand out and last longer than the standard clips.

Adding text effects is something I also added when editing Evasion. I used many of the different text effects throughout, but I used "Slide Right" on this particular name because it made it slide into the clip, looking better than just using a standard fade effect and making the clip look more professional

Overall I think the editing went very well, we learnt lots about editing techniques and how to make our media product look as professional as possible, and I look forward to utilising these techniques in future.