📆 Date: 05.02.2024 - 20.02.2024
📍 Location: Home
💻 Device: ASUS VivoBook 15
💾 Software: DaVinci Resolve
05-18/02/2024
DaVinci Resolve is the software that I decided to use for my post-production. There are a few reasons why I decided to choose it:
1. DaVinci Resolve has a high-quality free version software
2. DaVinci is famous for its color grading software which is important for my project
3. My laptop is old so it can't stand the data storage capacity of Adobe Premiere Pro and could probably crash if I attempt to download the software
Therefore, I think that DaVinci Resolve is a suitable software to use and since it also has the choice to edit in an 'Adobe Premiere' format, it might also be a good chance for me to be familiar with the software and could benefit me when I use it in the future.
During this time, my filming was done so my initial plan was to start with the post-production and have it done before the Mock exams week so that I could focus on revision. However, my plan did not work out as the week from February 5 to 14, I was back at my hometown for the biggest holiday in Vietnam, Tet and therefore, I haven't got time to start the editing process. Part of it was also because I wanted to delay the post-production process since I got overwhelmed every time I opened DaVinci Resolve and looked at its blank space with lots of words and details.
Since it was my first time working with professional editing software, I couldn't really start the process by myself and decided to look up tutorials on Youtube for DaVinci beginners.
This is the look of the very first time I attempted to upload the footage thanks to the help of Youtube. I also tried to adjust and add a sound to the footage.
The main challenge that I realize is that it is very laggy and takes forever to load on, as well as I'm unable to play the footage since it will also take some time to run it. The sound and visual also don't run at the same time so I immediately know how much of a challenge it can get if there is more footage with more layers of sound and additional effects.
Nevertheless, I tried to be positive about the process and began to start my post-production.
Day 1: Monday, February 19
The first rough cut was mainly just continuity editing and rearranging all the footage in the correct order and having the opening sequence flow smoothly. My computer was really testing my calmness during the whole editing of the footage. It was especially difficult to create a smooth cut between 2 footage since the monitoring line has been moving for a few seconds but the screen remains the same. As a result, I had to download multiple footage of the first draft and note down all the time stamps that needed to be adjusted.
One problem that I don't know why it happened is how my laptop is exceptionally laggier when working in school so after the first day, I decided to do all the editing at home, despite it not having a lot of differences at least I have more time to wait for it to load.
Day 1 was mostly me trying to add in all the footage in the correct order and see how long is the film before any cut down of footage. The result at first was around 3 minutes long which I was quite afraid of since I don't know if I can cut it down to 2 minutes.
On the right is just a picture that I captured during the very first stage of the edit and only a few footage were added. Believe it or not, it took me 7 minutes for that footage to load and appear on the screen, which really frustrated me. I underestimated how time-consuming the process was going to be and felt lucky I used DaVinci Resolve and not Adobe Premiere because I couldn't imagine how much worse the situation was going to be.
Day 2: Tuesday, February 20
After having all my footage in the timeline of the main page, I started to cut and adjust the meeting point of the footage, so that the film could flow smoothly and the action matches. As I have mentioned before, it is so difficult to preview from one footage to another as it immediately becomes laggy once the monitor line reaches the transition into the next footage (and I haven't even added any effects or transition into it yet).
Afterward, I decided just to manually move the monitor to the middle point of 2 footage and keep repeating both of them until I felt like it flowed smoothly (yes, I literally use my feelings for this). Since my film has a lot of shots where the cut is very fast and that all the action needs to match 100%, it took forever for me to adjust, and even if its just 1 second before, it would not work out to my expectation.
Midway through continuity that I realized in one of the shots (specifically the shot where the protagonist walks up the stairs), I had made a mistake during filming and left an object in the background. Since the 2 shots overlap each other with only the main object changing, I was really frustrated by the inconsistency of the scene. I tried to map out the character and have it overlaid on top of the background without the object but it doesn't work. Another way that I also attempted was to use a part of the normal background and layer it on top of the object but that was also unsuccessful.
In the end, I ended up with draft #1 which I'm not 100% satisfied with but I think that I could gradually edit it to flow smoother later on in the process.
Result: Rough Cut #1
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