Editing Part 2

 So the SAT happened today.

This meant that I hardly had time to edit recently, but I still managed to make some progress, so that's a good thing. I am still in the process of editing, of course, but I should be done relatively soon.

Like I've said before, since I couldn't visit on filming day, I'm the main editor for my group. I initially struggled with adding in the music but I've been looking at different tutorials in my free time and that has surely helped me. I learned to just cut the audio rather than cut the footage since there's really no way to film anything again.

Here's a picture of me editing:


The songs Reverie and Token are probably going to remain the songs used for the opening scene. This is fine since they're not copyrighted. Audio effects that I added is the sound of the alarm clock and the sound of the doorbell ringing. To be honest, I've been really picky with the effects I choose, since I want this opening scene to turn out as best as possible. The reason for adding this during editing is because it is easier to do and it would also have a clearer sound than recording the actual sounds ourselves. The voice over of Betty will surely be added soon, but Tori may have to rerecord since there's a chance that her recording is too long or too short for the scene she shot. We'll have to see what happens. Video effects that I'll be adding include filters and color correcting, and I am actually very excited about this because I've been playing around with filters since the age of 8.

Also, it's a good thing that this opening scene mainly uses cuts. Fades, dissolves, and other transitions may not even be used. Well, actually there can be fades here and there but it depends on what my group likes best. My editing of the dialogue between Betty and James still feels a bit unnatural, but I can fix this with a little more time.

Here's pictures of what I have so far:



Balancing this editing job and my other classes is definitely a challenge, but so far I've been able to squeeze time here and there to get this thing done on time.

The SAT is over now, so I can at least look forward to the greater freedom that comes with that.

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