Editing Blog: Putting Everything Together

    With all of my scenes filmed, it was time to edit them together. I dumped all the footage onto my computer rather than a school computer. I began editing at home using a program called Movavi Video Suite. While I did want to use Pinnacle Studios, I decided that using an editing program that I can access at home would be better considering the time constraints I have. The free trial is long enough for me to finish editing the opening over the weekend.

     This is the layout of Movavi. Among other features, it has a tab for filters on the left side. One of the filters is a slight static effect. I think this will be a good filter to use during the transition from scene 5 to scene 6. However, in this editing session, I'm focusing more on putting all my shots in order and cutting out what I don't need. The next editing session will be for more precise edits and extra effects.

    After selecting which clips I would use, I put them into the timeline. I cut out pieces that I didn't need and shortened the video to be less than 2 minutes. I forgot to factor in the time it takes for transitions to appear, so my film was slightly over 2 minutes. I had to remove some of the lengthier transitions and shorten the time of other ones. Once this was done, I detached and removed the audio of scenes with voice overs. While editing, I realized that I had to redo a few sections of my voice over because they had to be in unison with the robotic voice. I downloaded the fixed voice overs from my Google Drive and placed them into the scenes. With all of that out of the way, the skeleton of my opening was complete. I am planning on adding the titles and filters next.