Editing

In terms of editing, I feel as though this part of the project was slightly less challenging than actually having to go out and shoot my documentary because I had already had some experience in using programs such as Final Cut and iMovie on Macs.
I did edit some of my project in Final Cut, however, I mainly used iMovie to crop and piece together clips as it seemed much more efficient and simple.
If I had chosen a project such as 'create a movie trailer', for example, then perhaps I would have used FinalCut Pro more due to the fact that a project like this would require more sophistidcated effects etc. For my project, a documentry, the aim was to make the piece look a real and genuine as possible and so this restricted the amount of editing and effects etc that I could incorporate into my project.
In the way of editing, I had to decide which clips would go where as I felt that it would not be in the best interest of the documentary to piece together everything chronologically.
After I had cropped and pieced together all of my footage I decided to add in the text in the way of a title page and also over the interviews.
Next, I decided to add a running commentary and voice over on some of the parts of the project so as to give the audience an insight, early on into information in which they may need to understand the following clips.
After I had added the voice over, I then decided to incorproate the text into my work. This meant going back and creating the title for my work and also adding the date and time to establish what's happening quickly and efficiently.
In the middle of my project, I decided to add the song, 'Keep Your Head Up' by Ben Howard. I choose to put this song in my project due to the fact that it is a song in which depicts life at the sea and a struggle. This is relevant to my project as it fits in with the struggle to find Stinky Bay and the surf lifestyle.

For my first ancillary task, I used Adobe Photoshop CS4 to edit my project. The stages for my first ancillary task, a magazine advert for my documentary, are as follows:

                               
                                                                           Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

At stage 1, I began my uploading a photo I had taken of a friend surfing. I then used a range of adjustments    and effects to create my background image. From stage 2, I began to add text to my project and for  this, I started off with inserting the credits. At stage 3, I added my reviews, and then selected the 'star' shape for the brush tool to create star shapes so I could make my project look like it has real reviews. At stage 4, I added   the title for my project and then highlighted the 'Stinky Bay' part of my project so that the project would look  more realistic and like a professional piece of work. Finally, at the fifth stage, I added the subtitle, 'The Search Begins When You Want It To.' I added this subtitle, not only to make the project seem more professional, but also to give the viewer a sense of adventure.