Editing..... fun....

  Today we started editing our commercial. We finished filming last class, so we gathered all of our shots and got ready. My partner and I decided that we would edit the videos separately, and decide who's version we would use at the end. We separated and began to work. I decided to use MiniTools Movie maker, as it is a free video editing program. The only editing program I've used before is WonderShare Filmora X, but I couldn't use it for this project as it has a watermark. Mini Tool was very similar to Wondershare, and didn't have a watermark, so I didn't have any trouble using it. I started by choosing which takes I would use, and adding them into the program. Once I did that, I sped them up to make them flow better and stay in the time limit. I also trimmed a tiny bit off of each shot to make the transition between them a little smoother. At first I was testing out different transitions between the shots, but they all seemed to be very slow and none of them fit my vision. I found the grayscale fade transition and discovered that there was an option to speed it up, which really helped. I decided to use it for the time being, as it was the best option so far, but I still wasn't very happy with it. At that point, my friend and I shared our progress, and we were both doing well so far. We got back to our own projects after discussing each other's. I had an idea for the music I wanted to add but, I waited to complete the editing for the entire video before I did that. I added a fade in from black to the beginning, where the sky tilts down towards the actress. At that point, I got the bulk of the commercial complete, but I didn't really know how to do the next part of the video, so I stopped there as class was ending soon. The part I didn't know how to do involved a split screen of the four videos of my partner drinking the Gatorade, where all 4 videos are playing at once. I couldn't find a way to do that part, so I packed up my things and planned to work on finishing that part next class.