Editing with Final Cut Pro

Editing with Final Cut Pro
MWE
14-22/04/2014

During the Easter break we had started to do some editing for our text. Due to the fact that the school might be close for the break we decided to edit on a software on Lucy's uncle's mac. We were given an opportunity to use Final Cut Pro *applause*

Having experience in using imovie I was able to evaluate and compare the effectivity of the two softwares in editing. 

Similarities

• Identical layout 
• Similar function

Differences

• Imovie is limited in comparison to Final Cut Pro
• Final Cut Pro has many additional functions and features which is both a pro and a con- this gave us more options in editing title credits (Imovie was restricted to a few choice of fonts and the size of the letters were not interchangeable) and effects; helping us differentiate our text from an ammature and to a more able user. 
• Regarding sounds, Imovie is more user friendly as it has the automatic fade out feature. FCP on the other hand requires manually attaching nodes to the audio file to manipulate them, it was very tedious. 

Overall, Imovie to FCP is a more basic programme. FCP has outstanding varieties of features and effects which I would not hesitate to use in my future projects. Afterall, FCP was used in films such as "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "The Social Network", The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo" and many others which were either nominated or have won film awards entitled "Best Editing". 

We would have loved to explore the potential of this software. In combination with our range of shots and wonderfully lit sets, we believe that FCP has helped out footage achieve its potential.

Adding all of the hours we used to edit the main bulk of the trailer, we were pleased that it had taken us less than 24 hrs to do it all. After working on our trailer we proceeded to our evaluation.

I'm surprised that I haven't gone blind after the intense time in front of the screen.


Audio

For our audio we decided to borrow two track from "Silent Hill 2' game OST: "The Promise" and "Ashes and Ghost". We have credited the creators of the track in out credits.