Editing Blog

  Over the weekend, February 29 to March 1, I continued to work on editing the footage. I had checked out the SD card that I had used during filming in order to work on the project at home. I knew that I would most likely try to work on it at home, so I wanted to be ready to do so if needed. I was able to use IMovie as I did not have access to Pinnacle Studio. I had checked with my teacher in advance to ensure that doing so was allowed. I was worried about our time management due to issues with the editing software in class so I felt that it would be a good idea to work on it at home. I didn't want to fall too far behind considering we were already straying from our schedule that I had made. I was unfamiliar with using IMovie so I spent some time figuring out all the settings and options. I was able to figure out how to upload my footage and could begin working.

  I started by putting all my footage in the correct order while checking the order with my storyboard. I had also made sure I had that with me at all times, just in case it was needed. Then I began editing the footage down. The footage was well over two minutes so I had to cut a few shots. After it fit within the time, I worked on adding the titles, making sure to have them in the correct order. Using references to earlier blogs about the titles, I was able to make the titles look cohesive. I made sure that the title for who directed the project came last as I knew that it was important that that was the final title. I edited the lighting in certain scenes that were dark. Finally, I added the music and moved it till I liked where it began and stopped. I saved the film to the SD card so I could move it onto the school computers. With a bit of extra work at home, I was able to get back on my schedule.