Week 4 at Adrenaline Films was very productive. On Monday, I started by meeting with one of the other interns, Em, who is a Production Intern. We had to meet because of a project that four of us interns need to complete by the end of the internship. We decided to create a music video/short film. Em and I began working on the script and other pre-production tasks since our pre-production deadline is June 10th.

After making good progress, I met with Dave. He asked me to continue working on the VelociCoaster teaser that I started two weeks ago. My task was to review his comments on my first version of the video and make changes to improve it. Once Dave was satisfied with the revised video, he asked me to shorten it to 30 seconds. This was challenging because I had to decide which shots to cut and adjust the soundtrack and sound effects to match the video perfectly. After finalizing the 30-second version, Dave approved it and gave me a list of deliverables to export in three versions: original frame, square frame, and vertical frame. Adjusting each shot to fit the different frames was tricky, especially since some footage wasn’t designed for vertical format, so I had to get creative. After exporting the videos, Dave reviewed them, and we completed the VelociCoaster teasers.

Next, Dave gave me a hard drive full of footage purchased by a university. My job was to double-check each video to ensure they were usable and not shaky or too short. There was so much footage that I only got halfway through before the end of the day.

Thursday was very informative. I started working on a new episode of “The College Tour” from scratch. Dave showed me how to organize the footage for easier editing later on. My first task was to organize the A-roll of the 10 students featured in the episode. I sorted all their takes into different piles on the timeline and labeled them with the first words of their sentences, double-checking with the script to ensure everything made sense. I also trimmed the first and last few seconds of each shot. Organizing, cutting, and labeling the A-roll for each student took a while. After that, I began building the actual timeline for the episode, selecting the best takes based on sound, appearance, and shot quality. I only managed to start on two students before the end of the day, but I realized how much time and patience go into editing bigger projects like this.

Week 4 was a learning experience and very informative for me.