An Introduction to Final Cut Pro X

Using Final Cut Pro X to sync our separate shots in perfect synchronisation with the music was extremely difficult. 

After uploading our chosen song 'Don't Stop Believing' we had to place a marker on the clip where the actor began to sing. This was also very challenging as the group found that we had to constantly replay the clip in order to get the exact moment that the artist stared singing. Once we had found the point in which the actor began singing we then disabled the audio on the film which allowed us to play the audio on the original song, we then placed a marker on 'Don't Stop Believing' and then tried to match up to the two blue markers. This took much longer than I expected as once I thought I had matched them, I zoomed in closer to both and they weren't correctly matched, this is very obvious when both are played together and even when I had worked on synchronising for an extended amount of time, I found that it was still not perfect.

We also learned how to cut pieces of the clip from the time line by using the blade tool which then allowed us to choose certain parts of the filming and therefore delete areas of the film where there was unwanted excess film that wouldn't contribute to the narrative.

Over all I enjoyed the experience of using Final Cut Pro X as I believe it will ultimately allow me to create a professional product with more practise and increased knowledge of the specific skills.