First Draft

During my time at the Equus Centre, I had filmed events in a specific way,

• The client and horse handler leading the horses into the stables
•          "              "       "      grooming and cleaning the horses
• The client, horse handler and therapist leading the horses to the outside arena
• The sessions different activities and goals, as well as their set up,
• Horses standing in a designated square on the ground (Marked by jumping poles)
• Horses being led across poles spaced on the ground
• The clients difficulties and success
• Horses being led back to the stables by all involved

This flow had to be represented in the final video to show the process of equine assisted therapy.  This wasnt to hard to begin with, as I had filmed events in a linear fashion anyway.  I used Adobe Premier for the film editing, although my experience with the program was limited, I found it pretty intuitive compared to After Effects and managed to get on with things at a good pace.  

One of the clinches that stuck in the back of my mind was "do not over use transition effects", I'm not sure where I heard this, but regardless I thought I would try straight cuts.

However after a while it was clear this just didn't look right, so i dived into Adobes (thankfully easy) transition and effects library, and actually found the results great.

All the effects etc. I used came from a handy drag and drop library, once applied to a movie in your timeline, the effect can be edited, shortening its appearance and other useful settings etc.  This way I was able to get the desired fades but without the effect being to prevalent and obvious.

At this point the film contained only the footage I had shot, and the only vocal audio was the short interview with the client, placed at the end of the film, where they explain how equine therapy had benefited them so far.

I sent the film off to the Equus head therapist for them to check.