Editing Blog

     Today in class I began editing my music video. It didn't really take that long compared to the last time I edited a video. I dumped the footage from the camera we used to record the day before we edited so my team didn't have to waste any class time doing that. I took an SD card reader to import the footage to the laptop to be able to edit. As soon as I entered class, my teammate grabbed the laptop and we got straight to work so we had plenty of time to finish in one class period. I finished editing with time to spare to email my teacher the finished product and also begin working on this blog. Editing the music video was fairly easy and adding the transitions and switches to scenes were really cool. Adding the music and finding the perfect place to put certain lyrics was a little tricky, but I got in done. Out of the editing process for the commercial and music video the music video was by far the easier and quicker one. This may be due to the fact that I'm a little more experienced now.
     To begin I first made sure our footage was on that specific laptop my team was using. I did this by checking through the computer’s files and looking at the most recently imported. That’s where I seen my footage and I then went to open Pinnacle Studios to start working on my music video. My teammates and I had to chose between many different takes, but we narrowed it down to the best looking ones and the scenes that really fit most to the vibe of the song. I then adjusted the length of some of the clips by cutting them so the video appeared to run much smoother then the first watch. Then I went online to find the song that my group chose which was Teenage Dream. I had to make sure I was using the right version of the song because there was a lot of covers and remixes made by other parties that weren’t the actual song or were performed by different people. I found the right version and started importing it to Pinnacle Studios which took around ten to fifteen minutes to finish. Once finished I added it to the video and did my best to mesh it perfectly to the cuts and transitions in the footage. Once my teammates and I finished that we watched the video a couple times over to make sure it was good and to our liking.
     After we watched it a couple times and made it the best we could I went to send it to my teacher so it could be graded. I then discussed with my teammates how I think we did a really good job on the music video overall. Editing this time around was a breeze and only took one class period compared to the two class periods it took for the commercial. My teammates were also a huge help in making this experience really enjoyable and much more easy this time around. The laptop we used was super quick and really compatible with the WiFi and helped us move on from the editing portion relatively quickly. The short amount of time I took allowed me to start my blog in class and get it done in that class. I think the more I edit the more and more I will get better at it and the shorter amount of time it will take me. The entire process of editing from dumping the footage onto my laptop to sending the finished product to my teacher was very fun. I can’t wait for my next editing project so I can see how much I’ve improved in that area. Thank you everyone for reading!