We had another look at editing today, this time we were getting to grips with using shortcuts and hotkeys to speed up the editing process. We were given some footage to work with where we also had to arrange the clips in such a way that we could understand who these people were and what they did. Here is what I came up with:
I opted to tell this story in a non-linear fashion, by introducing the coffee before the people and location before ending with the notion that their relationship is formed through peace, which I felt was a fitting end to the clip. The reference edit, on the other hand, introduced us to the location, and the people before telling us of the importance of coffee to them and the global economy which does work as a documentary piece, but I felt my way created more sense of mystery - by introducing the coffee first and then being posed the question of why this is important, we have a small level of suspense as to who is behind it, and thus I introduced the characters last.
I chose to cut the clips along with the dialogue to improve the flow of the clips. I also chose to introduce the backing track during the introduction to give a subtle hint as to what was to come later on as the community was introduced.
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