The first step of the editing process was for me to import the files from the performance shoot and to start aligning them with the music. After looking through at the footage in finder I realised that for each performer I had one or two good takes. Therefore I would create a main channel for each instrument that then subsequent layers could be stacked upon. For each instrument, with the exception of guitar, I labeled them A1. For example with the drums they were called Drum A1. With the guitar because I had two actors the primary (main) actor was assigned the label of A whereas the secondary actor was given the B label. When creating the video track I would also create a matching audio layer that I would import the clip audio into. I would then click the drop down menu at the header of each layer to further examine the waveforms of the audio. I would then examine the waveforms belonging to the clip audio and the track that the video is for. Once I matched them I would then mute the clip audio and move onto the next layer. For example for drums I ended up having three layers labeled A1, A2 and A3 respectively. The main continuos footage was placed on the A1 layer. When I reviewed the footage and found specific shots that I wanted in other pieces of footage I would import them into the A2 and A3 layers. For each instrument I would use the built in colour labels to identify the groups that the footage belongs too. By doing that it made it easier for me to identify what the content of each clip was without having to look at. For example the drums are all coloured in "Mango". This means that when I'm zoomed in and I see a clip of that colour I know what it is content wise.
