Sooooo, I underestimated how FRUSTRATING editing can be. Like seriously, linking up sound and cutting videos, and building them together, and making sure it matches, and filters, an.. It's so much at once. AND I'm not even done editing, and the project is due in three days like????
Ok, let's just breathe.
First I'm gonna talk about the program we used. We originally wanted to use Da Vinci software to edit, but due to efficiency, we decided to use iMovie sine we were a lot more familiarized with that software than Da Vinci, this was probably the best decision we made.
So editing, literally just read the title. Ok, no. Positivity. So we started editing at 12:06pm and ended editing at 4:34pm, and we didn't even finish or add any credits yea. Frustrating I know. My partner were at first worried that we would be under two minutes, but after editing we realized that we were worried for going OVER two minutes, which is the max. This led us to cut out the text message scene. We are still in the process of editing so I can't say anything for sure, but we are still looking for a way to end the opening, and not have the music to all of the sudden stop.
We are also having some conflict on when to start the music. I believe that we shouldn't start it right when the film starts because I;m scared that 1)it'll look like a music video, and 2) we need some establishing shots with natural audio, original audio heard in the scene, and not have the music, I find it to look too superficial and not at professional.
We have been discussing this, and I will be keeping you updated. But right now I really want to talk about this one scene that literally drove me insane. Like insane. It was one of the flashback scenes and I needed audio fro one of the scenes to overlap a different scene. Me being one not too experience on editing, yet being a perfectionist, this scene drove me insane. After 100 times we got it. And it was probably the best moment of my life. No joke. Don't believe me? Watch this video:
Editing the actual visuals were relatively easy. The only problem we had was with the order of them, and how we would include the flashback scenes. The flashback scenes are super important since they add context to the storyline and the character within the two minutes, while also not revealing to much of the future film. We also used a filter that was provided by iMovie to edit the color of the scenes a little darker with a blue tint, to not only differentiate the flashback scenes to present scenes, but the blue tint also adds a sense of sadness and wary, I learned the power of colors from one of my teachers lectures, and I learned that olor can help visualize an emotion, and that is why we decided to include this blue tint.
Well after that, crying of happiness, we continued editing. We got the core and full structure of the film done, not we just need to focus on deciding when to start the song, end the song, and credits. My partner and I looked through the iMovie fonts and transitions for the credits, but I personally believe that those look a bit childish. Still deciding, but I promise to keep you update.
Ok that was bit of a rant, enjoy some visuals from our editing sessions:
Editing program: iMovie (if you'd like to download this software click the following link: https://www.videowinsoft.com/imovie-movie-maker-mac.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwxZqSBhAHEiwASr9n9BfquDDlv1KuWWl6gA6UC_bKlFOvmvg-guiIKr7uF-2xsynWcjgItRoCDLkQAvD_BwE )
Me during editing:
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