Editing Blog

          After a week of filming in our designated locations, we were finally ready to start editing out our raw footage the minute we walked into class. Since we used Pinnacle Studios from our previous project where we had to produce a commercial, we decided to use the same editing software since we already experienced how to use it. We were again having difficulties turning on the computer as the computer is very old and outdated. After a couple tries, we were finally able to start the computer and open the editing software. The editing software was having trouble opening as well. We wasted a lot of time in class just opening the computer and opening up the editing software. After anxiously retrying over and over again, we were finally able to go into Pinnacle Studios. Since we already inserted our SIM card and dumped it into the laptop, we just had to pull it up from the file. The editing software was slow but we still had to use it as it our only option. We shot many scenes just in case we need extras and to our assumption, we was right. We later found out that our music video must be over a certain amount of slides that we initially thought we needed but thanks to our additional scenes we took, we didn't have to take more scenes as that will just waste time. 

            To begin our editing process, we first have to sort out and look through literally all of our raw footages. That took a very long time under such limited time but this step was very important.We had to look at the same scenes but different takes over and over again to see which one is the best one. It was quite exhausting as different group members prefer this take over the other take but at the end of the day, we were still finally able to decide which scene would be the chosen one. Once we were done choosing all the assigned scenes for the entire video, we had to edit out the sound for our scenes sincere are going to put in our music in place of the sound throughout the entire video. It was quite difficult learning how to cut out the sound from the scenes and converting the song into it since we never done stuff like this before. 

          After searching through the web for minutes, we finally learned how to cut out the sounds from the video and convert music into the background. With the limited amount of time in class, we were unable to completely finish our video so we had to save it for the next class. Overall, our editing process was quite successful minus the beginning as that wasted a lot of time just turning on the outdated computer and opening the Pinnacle Studios editing software, but even then it was slow editing since the program since the program is old. At the end of the class period, we still were able to finish the majority or the main parts of the music video so we were still satisfied. We will be continuing the rest of the editing process next class and hopefully we will be able to complete it.