There were many important choices to make during the editing process, including which parts of a shot to use, what type of photo to use (art, image, sculpture, etc.) and how to weave these different visuals together in a natural way. For the most part, I tried to cut out the parts of every shot that were uninteresting or repetitive and focus as closely as possible on the action. However, editing with this mentality tends to create a very fast paced film, which I realized only once I watched the entire film in one sitting. This was actually a problem I had encountered before in film class. I usually end up editing shots together too quickly, and I only see that the result is too fast paced and choppy once I review the film was a whole. As in film class, I extended some clips/images, removed the ones that did not add anything to the story and added space in between sentences in the narration. This helped to slow down the pacing a great deal so the viewers were not constantly swamped with information and visuals.
Much of my editing work involved attempting to switch between clips and stills while maintaining a flowing pace. I had a hard time these two visuals together in a way that flowed, but by applying linear motion to the stills using keyframes I managed to smooth the awkward transitions to a certain extent. When the narrator was talking more about culture, religion and history, I included some pictures of art, sculptures, symbols, etc. because they fit with the subject of the voiceover and provided a good contrast with the visuals that focused solely on animals.
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