Effective working at audio/video editing sessions (avoid fatigue making steady progress)?

Question

**Background**I've just completed an editing project to produce video highlights of an awards evening for my local community radio station. It was a voluntary non-paid project and I'm very pleased the results I achieved - and more importantly, the station are very pleased with it too. But, as with many other previous projects, have found editing can be tiring at times. I have a full time job in computing but unrelated to video editing (funds all the software and equipment that I learnt this stuff on!) and usual housekeeping commitments so I had to produce this work from a number of sessions, some into the early hours. When I know I have to resume the work to get it done I procrastinate and do other jobs sometimes before I finally get in the zone, once in the zone I get frustrated when I have to stop to meet other commitments: sleep, work etc.Any top tips to bear in mind for a future project?

Answer 1

WOW. I am kind of smiling here. First you must be doing something right. Editing is a very very tedius and slow process. There are many things to do that can speed up your workflow. Pre production prior to a shoot to be far more efficient including logging the footage and organinzing while at the shoot.

Prior any shoot there are a load of things you can already have and organizing your footage in bins. is critical/ Different folders for music. b roll. audio. Motion graphics and all sorts of things. Have someone else do that for you prior to you starting your edit. Also any motion graphics can be done way ahead of time and ready to go like supers and animation and logos and have it done and put in a folder.

Sound like you need so serious tutoring .. I would love to see your finished project. It takes years to be a good editor and workflow is the key..

I teach editing and you are welcome to see if I can help you.. Good luck .