Editing process.

The programme we used to edit our pop video was Final cut pro, an editing software.

" Final cut pro is an nonlinear editing system that allows users to edit video. Created by Apple Computer, Final Cut Pro allows you to edit everything from digital video, IMX and uncompressed SD to HDV, XDCAM HD, DVCPRO HD and uncompressed HD."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Cut_Pro 

What do Editor's in Final cut pro do?

"A Final Cut Pro Editor is an Editor whose specialty is Final Cut Pro. FCP is a professional non-linear editing system developed by Apple Inc. The program has the ability to edit many digital formats including DV, HDV, DVCProHD, XDCAM, 2K, and IMAX film formats"

http://www.media-match.com/usa/jobtypes/editor-final-cut-pro--jobs-404398.php

Why is film editing so important?

“Editing is one of the vital aspects in the process of film production. In general, editing is done to provide coherence and continuity to a film. Editing is the part of post production of film making. Good editing can make bad production look good and bad editing can turn a good production into bad. Through editing, shots are combined in accordance with the script to create finished movie. A shot must be short enough to fulfill the purpose.”

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2442010/why_film_editing_is_so_important.html 

We can link in editing as part of mise en scene, this is the arrangement of everything that appears in the framing – actors, lighting, décor, props, costume – is called mise-en-scène, a French term that means “placing on stage.” The frame and camerawork also constitute the mise-en-scène of a movie. Editing plays a huge part within mise en scene and this is what it is necessary to comment on.
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~landon/Local_Information_Files/Mise-en-Scene.htm 

Having had a successful shoot day, the next step is to upload our footage onto final cut pro and start editing. In our first session of editing, we checked in all our shots and started the process of choosing the best shots out of all of them, then placing them into the log bin. This took quite a while due to us having taken a wide range of shoots in three different locations. After our first session we had pacifically chosen the appropriate shots we wanted to use in our final video. Due to this pop video being a team effort a as a group we all contributed our editing skills along hte journey, although most of the editing was done by hector in the rough cut. This rough cut took a few hours in order to use all the selected shots we were happy with, we dragged them onto the timeline with the track and began to add in further detail and merge the clips together in order to try and make our first rough cut.