Editing the Documentary

There was a lot of work to do in the post production process of our documentary. To start my group and I decided what order we wanted to have the shots in, using the shooting schedule as a general template. We decided to open the clip with a panning shot which leads to a cut to the sign for the club. From there we edited the shot of a disco ball fading out of focus into a a shot of people dancing from out of focus to in. As this happens we start to hear Noma's voice over of him introducing himself. Throughout the rest of the documentary we constantly cut between interview shots of Noma and cutaway shots of the nightclub, bathroom and shots of nature. We have edited it so that the shots continuously change and aren't the same type of shot the whole way through. For example, we have a cutaway establishing shot which is closely followed by a close up shot of plants. We also chose chilled ambient music for the beginning with a meditation style music choice to close on.