Editing Blog

    

    To start editing, I first had to transfer the files from my phone onto my laptop. I had trouble transferring the files at first, having never done this. It would glitch out, and the only way I managed to transfer the files was if I unlocked the phone, plugged it in, then locked the phone. The next step was to find a suitable editing software. I tried Clipchamp, however I quickly realized that the free version does not support 4k exports, which was the resolution we had filmed in. Therefore, I chose to use an editing software called OpenShot, which fixes this issue. Being unfamiliar with this software, I had to watch a quick 10-minute YouTube video about the basics. 

    With the editing software in hand, I imported all the footage onto the timeline and cut all the footage until it met the length required and looked natural. I reviewed all the takes and eliminated the ones I didn’t like. We had more than enough usable footage to meet the 30 second mark. I then added some effects. For instance, using the audio from shot 2, I copied that same audio into shot 3, along with a blurring effect for the visual. I also adjusted the audio levels of some of the shots, with some even being muted completely. When adding the voiceover, I had to get rid of the background noise using an external tool. I also had to cut a small piece out of the audio, when Lucas took a slightly longer than favorable pause when speaking. Other things I added include fade in/out of the audio, and animating the Gatorade logo. 

    When using the preview feature of OpenShot it would run very slow, as every time you made an edit the software would recache everything, not just the changes. To counter this, I had to render the preview at a much lower resolution and framerate, just 480p at 15fps. This helped but to a limited extent. Although OpenShot has some useful features, I will likely not use this software again.