Final Cut & DVD Cover

As our documentary extract is over 7 minutes long, Blogger doesn't seem able to upload the video as one file. My group and I had some trouble working out what to do about this, but in the end we solved the problem by splitting the video into two parts:

  Part 1

   Part 2

After finishing our documentary extract, I decided to finish editing its DVD cover that I had started designing a few weeks ago to show what it might look like as a full length TV feature.




Our finished product is mainly aimed at females aged between 12 and the early 20s. This is because girls in this age range are most likely to appreciate this particular genre of music which relates to life through a young female's perspective. As a result of this, this particualr audience is likely to engage and relate to some of Drew Taylor's songs, such as 'Fifteen' and 'Fearless'. 

Final Export

After capturing the last piece of footage last night, I decided to finish editing our documentary ready for the final cut deadline. As this was the final cut, I carefully watched the video through, highlighting any areas that I could improve. Some of these improvements were suggested on our feedback sheet, such as altering some of the audio fades and re-filming the scene with Drew's laid back French Manager. Though it wasn't on the feedback sheet, I tried to enhance the picture quality of each shot by adding appropriate video effects. 

Below is a print screen of our final cut exporting in Premiere Pro:

Final Filming

After taking on board our most recent production feedback, I decided to re-film the interview with Drew's French Manager, Patrice Spencer, (our friend Matt). In this re-shoot I tried to accentuate his French character, and aimed to capture him speaking in his fake French accent from several different angles. I hoped that this would interest the audience far more than our original one shot would have done. 

Below are some photographs of Matt and my camera during the filming process:

I intend to re-edit the last section of our documentary by the end of this week, using these newly filmed shots, so that we are finished by the deadline.

Final Feedback

As my group and I are near to finishing our documentary extract, we decided to show the video to our subject teacher for critique. After watching our project, we received this final feedback sheet from our teacher:

I intend to go about making these changes as soon as possible.

Final Cut To-Do List

As the final cut deadline is just over a week away, I have decided to make a list of things to do to make the video as good as possible between now and then.

Before Thursday the 12th, my group and I still need to:

• Watch through the most recent edit together in class, and then share opinions and possible improvements.
• Add in some examination formalities such as centre and candidate numbers.
• Have a final edit of the project, tweaking any noted parts.    
• Export the video for the last time ready for viewing as the final cut.

Almost Finished Cut

After discussing the changes that needed to be made to our documentary with my group, I set about editing the project as if it were the first part of Drew's short rise to fame, as opposed to the entire re-telling. In this edit I added the new interview with Lucy, added another Taylor Swift song, (Love Story), which I used for background noise, added new voice-over recording, put in our GCSE music video, 'Fifteen', as Drew's debut single, removed the credits and added the 'End of Part One' title at the end of the video.

Below is a print screen of the recently edited video exporting in Premiere:

Final Production Ideas

As we are approaching the final cut deadline, my group and I have decided that our project should not be the whole documentary, but just the first section. After watching many Channel 4 documentaries, I have noticed that a lot of them adhere to the same sectioned structure which is used to signal the advert break. Taking this into consideration, I have decided to remove the end credits and put in an 'End of Part One' title shot instead. This will be used to signify the end of our video, and suggest to the audience that the footage shown is only part of Drew Taylor's short rise to fame.