30th Jan

This week I have carried on editing my footage, trying to create continuity in my montages which has been quite difficult as I have found I haven't included as much shot variation as I need when filming so it's quite difficult to create a visually interesting shot sequence - weaving them together to communicate a large amount of information in a short time. A montage can create a whole new meaning out of the two original meanings of adjacent shots just by coupling them together in a flowing, musical way. This week I am falling quite rapidly behind shecdule as by now I am supposed to be weel on the way with editing, however it is harder than I thought it would be and is taking me extra long. It has also been slightly difficult to get some good fooatge because of the bad weather, most skaters don't come out. Something I should have thought about at the beginning of the project was that I will be filming in Januayr so I could have got more footage before christmas and used it now. For homework I am going to try and get a lot more footage and also watch some other professional documnetaries for inspiration and guidance on how to piece it all together.