Edit Decision List

Edit Decision List

Throughout this course, I have been planning multiple practical pieces of work, on my final piece I used an edit decision list to help organize and plan what exactly I wanted to be in my final product, I found this process to be very helpful and wish I incorporated it into more of my work.

Edit Decision List Promotional Video 1

1. Establishing shot of dinner table with the family sitting at it eating dinner.
2. Mid to short shots of each family member talking while eating dinner
3. Cut to a wide shot of the family laughing at what has been said.
4. Fade out to the product logo
5. Shot of the Apps interface while a voiceover explains its features
6. A close up of a hand using the app to share stories
7. Fade out to a long shot of the family enjoying themselves laughing
8. Fade to logo again

Edit Decision List Promotional Video 2

1. Establishing shot of bench in a garden with grandad sitting.
2. Mid tracking shot of father joining him at the bench.
3. Mid shot of both sitting at the bench talking.
4. Long shot of children playing in the garden
5. Cut back to mid-shot of father and grandfather talking
6. Shot reverse shot while the conversation continues
7. Fade out to the logo of the product.
8. brief shot of User Interface of the App while a hashtag is present.

Although not exactly an Edit Decision List another style like this that I used to plan was during my music video production in which I used the timeline as a way of planning what shots went where using it as a shot list or an edit decision list as such. I found this a useful way of planning where I wanted the footage to go and for how long exactly, helping me know what I still had left to shoot and edit and how long it had to be.

When planning I opened up Premiere Pro with the song in there and listed my desired shots at what time stamps I would like them at, in doing this it helped me set out my plan for the music video and gave me a better idea of the footage I would need to gather.