Editing

 1. Retrieving the footage

We removed the CFExpress Type A card from the FX6 and (using a card reader) plugging it into Eden's Lenovo Ideapad 3 However, the large file size produced by the camera made the footage take almost an hour to completely transfer. 

2. Viewing/playing back the footage

We used Windows Media Player Legacy to view and play back the video. This media player works very well with the footage from a Cannon camera, as it allowed us to use the cameras gyro-data to stabilize it. 

3. Select the footage

This part was tedious, we went through each individual file, viewing the footage in the Windows Media Player Legacy, and decided if footage was not needed/not usable, decent/possibly usable, optimal/Definitely usable, if footage was not needed/not usable, we left it.  

- If footage was decent/possibly usable, we put it in a a new folder (still on my SSD) called "Footage for edit", and we tagged it red.  

- If footage was perfect/definitely usable, we did the same as decent/possibly usable, but we tagged it green. 

 

4. Begin sequencing

Eden created a new Premiere Pro project. The project settings were 3840 x 2160 (Pixels), 4K UHP. She also changed to 16:9 to create a more seamless viewing experience for the majority of viewers. 

We put the "Footage for edit" folder into Premiere Pro and began placing the footage into the timeline. We used the footage which was tagged with green, and if there was none, we picked the best looking footage with a red tag. We did this process with a physical printed copy of the script handy. Eden also made separate notes on her own that she said she would like to discuss with me later.

With some exploring in Premiere Pro, we discovered some key frames which we added on a number of clips. These are subtle "fake camera movements" like pushes and pulls, as well as left-to-right and right-to-left movements. To make sure it wasn't too dramatic, we set the keyframes to "easy ease."

 

5. Further editing 

While it is very difficult, still in S-Log, and has a multitude of other issues, we now had a "rough sequence." From here, further editing had to take place, which included tasks such as music, sound design, special effects, colour grading, and credit design.  

Eden did add a simple conversion LUT to make the footage look more saturated, (colorful) and overall look like it came straight out of a camera.