Skills audit for editing

We used the programme Final Cut Pro and opened the tutorial with clips from the film "Bait". We were taught about the browser window- where you can view clips that are saved for editing- and the canvas- where you view what your edited movie will look like.

We then learned about the in-and-out function, which allows you to cut out parts of clips just by pressing the "I" and "O" letters of the keyboard. This means you don't have to fuss around with getting the exact moment you want the clip to start, and as soon as you see the part you want you can start cutting. Once a scene is cut, all you have to do is drag the clip to the timeline and it is ready.

If there is a part of the scene you wish to cut out, but it is already on the timeline, you can use the razor tool to change it as you wish. You use this by clicking on the point where you want the deleted point to start and then the point you want it to end, making it into another clip entirely. You are then free to use this clip as you wish.

To build a sequence on the timeline, you have to place clips side-to-side, meaning that one is after the other, or one on top of the other, meaning the top one is shown.