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Blog Task: Week 22

 The post-production work was not a particularly collaborative process, just because we had an incredibly late and delayed production process, as described in a previous blog task, and so by the time we began editing, there was not a lot of time for us to meet up or go over the edit. There were a few drafts that we were sent by Tristan, our editor, and we gave feedback on those and he sent it back. When I think of all the films I've made before, it is usually a more collaborative experience when it comes to the editing process, many more rough drafts and paper edits are usually sent between parties to ensure that we have a really good and mutually agreed upon final product, and whilst I felt that we ended up with both a good and mutually agreed upon final product, the way we got to that was not as collaborative as I would have liked or expected.

I am very happy with how the final product turned out with regards to editing, there are some notes that I contributed that were taken into account and I was glad of that because I felt that they helped contribute to the final overall professional feel of the documentary. 

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