Final Project Breakdown

For my final project I worked with Caleb Andriella on a short documentary on the sampling hip-hop group Fake Sad. The idea for the documentary was Caleb's because he knew the people in the group. We both came up with questions to ask them during the interview and planned out a schedule based on getting the interview done and then going out to a record store to get additional footage. Unfortunately we had some technical and locational difficulties, so the interview took much longer than expected. This meant that Caleb had to go out and get extra footage in his spare time instead of working on it together. During the interview I set up and operated the camera while Caleb recorded the audio. 

During the editing process we used Caleb's computer to edit. I cut and arranged the interview into it's final form, while Caleb took the reigns on adding additional footage. Together we adjusted the rough cut into the final project by adding and removing transitions where needed, switching out some extra footage, adjusting audio levels, adding and adjusting audio transitions, and adding credits. 

I think Caleb and I worked very well together. I was worried going into this project because I knew we would be submitting one final project as a group instead of one each, but I think we communicated well to get a good final result. We also have similar tastes when it comes to editing style and pacing, so it worked out very well. I usually wouldn't be so comfortable letting someone else do so much editing (I am very particular when it comes to editing so having him adding in footage made me nervous), but time and availability dictated that we had to do it that way, and upon seeing the rough cut I was relieved that trusting him and splitting the work the way we did worked out for the best.