Editing our recorded footage

When we had finished filming our preliminary task we had to edit it together using Final cut express. The purpose of our editing was to put recorded clips together whilst also cutting out seconds of clips that are unusable or show errors whilst filming. We were able to cut out several shots showing people not concentrating or delaying their words and actions whilst we were filming. This made the conversations alot more believable and free flowing compared to the original footage that showed alot of problems such as stalling. The only problem we had was that we had an ending that was missing roughly a half of a second's worth of footage. The error occurs at the end when michael moves to go out of the door. There are two cuts that make his exit  show bad signs of continuity. We got around this problem by adding a fading effect on the two shots showing michael moving to open the door to him walking away from it and walking down the corridor , although it is a mistake it is still passable as a convincing exit from the room, as it shows the images linked together that are shown as he enters in the beginning.

This is a screen shot of us editing clips together using final cut express to make our final film.