In three screenshots, Aidan Coupland documents editing work on a documentary. In the first screenshot, he pans up a shot of a church to link it to the script. In the second, he adds a dip to black effect to transition between different parts of an interview. In the third, he edits a scene to black and white to give it a serious but spooky effect appropriate for the documentary's tone.

1. EDITING SCREENSHOTS – BY AIDAN COUPLAND
Here in thisscreenshotIwas
editinganewlycollectedshot
of a church. The shotwas a
panningshotup to the cross
situatedonthe top of the
buildingandthiseditlinksin
withthe scriptof the
documentary.Iwasstartingto
cut bitsof thisfootage upso it
wouldfitinwiththe gap it
neededtobe in.
In thisscreenshot(above) Ihadeditedsome
effectsintothe documentary.The effectIhad
selectedandsituatedinthiswasdiptoblack.
The reasonI put dipto blackin here wasto try
and breakup the flow andillustrate thatwe
had movedonto a differentquestioninthe
interview stage sothe audiencedidn’tget
confused.

2. EDITING SCREENSHOTS – BY AIDAN COUPLAND
Here in thisscreenshotIhadjusteditedone of the
scene intoblackand white togive ita more serious
but still spookyeffect.Ithoughtthiseffectwouldbe
goodbecause like Isaidit helpsgive the feelof anold
classichorror show butagain isnot to silly and
doesn’tputpeople off the understandingof how
seriousthe documentaryis.
In thisscreenshotIwasplayingaboutwiththe audio
of joshspeaking.We hadanissue that the audiowas
a little toolow fromotherparts and soI played
aboutwiththe audiogain andchannels.Iincreased
the audiogainto bust the soundup,so we could
hearJosh a lotclearerinthis clipandit worked.The
audiogainwas increasedtoaroundthe 12 – 14 mark
whichmade Joshesaudioforthisclipa lotbetter.I
alsofoundan issue withsome of the audiocoming
throughone headphone andwithsome time
investigatingImanagedtofindaudiochannelsand
sortedout the audiosoit came throughboth.