SUPERHUMAN - Scene 1 (Editing Process)

Man, conversation scenes are weird to edit.

I told Luis to get mostly over the shoulder shots for my scenes, so there didn't seem to be a lot of diversity in shots for me to work with.  One of my difficulties was trying to find breaks in dialogue where it made sense to switch shots. There are only four cuts, but I think that they are in places that are effective. 

I need to tighten some of the editing up, especially because some of the dialogue sounds choppy with the editing.  I could always extract the audio from one clip and play it over another one to lose the odd discontinuity in dialogue, but the actors speak to fast for me to make this edit. The timing of this scene is exactly how I timed it when I read from the script, so I'm very proud of myself for that. 

After watching, rewatching, and rewatching my edit multiple times, I realized that one of the flaws of WeVideo is that they don't show you your video in full resolution until the project is complete.  The screen recordings that I'm taking and uploading to the blog don't do the film justice (I know this because the G7X Mark II camera that I used films entirely in FullHD (1,920 x 1,080p)).  This is a huge downside to this software because it would be more effective for me to see my film clearly right at the moment of editing so I know exactly what the audience is going to see.


I'm glad I was able to sneak in some time to edit this short yet fun scene of my characters and (fingers crossed) I might get at least 80% of this project done by my next posting!!

                                 - Jake

TODAY'S HERO: HAWKEYE (Clint Barton)

Backstory:
Clint Barton and his brother Barney ran away to the circus after their parents were killed in a car accident.  At the circus, Clint was taught to be an expert marksman and was trained to be an extreme athlete.  Clint went on to become a star carnival attraction, being dubbed "The World's Greatest Marksman" and "Hawkeye".

Powers:
Clint obviously has excellent bowmanship, but in addition, he is skilled in hand-to-hand combat and has a slew of different arrows he can use in varying scenarios.

Other:
- His iconic purple suit is not worn in the movies because the mask was deemed "too weird" and challenging to make cool on screen.

First Appearance:
- First appeared in Tales of Suspense #57 (1964)

Movie History:
Played by Jeremy Renner, Clint has appeared in
- Thor (2011) (cameo)
- The Avengers (2012)
- The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- Clint Barton's character is set to reappear in April's Avengers: Endgame (2019)