I am not an editor... (line edit time)

 Let me preface this post by saying that my premiere pro certification took me three tries to pass...so clearly, I'm not the strongest editor in the world. However, this year I do believe that I have majorly improved. Making bi-weekly segments for my tv clubs bi-weekly show has definitively taught me how to become a more efficient editor, especially for news stories (I'm a news girl at heart). But the worst part of editing for me is definitely the line edit. Going through all the footage and structuring a story is so tedious. However, what I've found with this project is that film is easier to line edit, with our shot list and storyboard on hand it's just a matter of putting shots in order. 

For the line edit I utilized Adobe Premiere Pro 2025, as it is the editing software I feel most comfortable using (three years of practice later). Later my team will use Adobe After Effects and Adobe Blender to do the planet VFX. 

(How life felt after finally passing premiere)

Getting started with the editing I first started by watching all the footage and name it to whatever is happening in the clip, then I sort it into different folders to make finding specific things easier. When I edit a news package, I usually sort footage into interviews, good Broll, and bad Broll. However, since this isn't a news package I instead named the folders after the different scenes in my opening. Then I also created folders for extra shots we got that were not included on our shot list, and meh looking takes of shots we needed. 

Then the next few steps are as follows

Open a project file:

Import in all the necessary footage: 

Begin line editing in the timeline:

Starting to edit this project has really expanded my views on editing and helped me step out of my comfort zone. As someone, who is seen as a "news girl" and often times confined to only doing news it was so cool doing something different. Don't get me wrong though I still loveee news :)))

That's all for this blog. Stay tuned for more of the editing process, see you next time!