Commercial

There was a break in the editing process of the commercial because of the computer malfunctions. Once we gained access to a new set of computers, nearly a week later we got straight to work. There were only 14 computers available that had the editing program on it so everyone had to share a computer. This put a little strain on the editing process because the computers were slow and there was also other groups project on your editing program. However, once we got over the problem with the quality of the computers, what came next was the quality of the editing program. We used pinnacle studios to edit our commercial which is a pretty easy program to use if, you are patient. With the pressure of finishing your commercial in time to blog about it, it's pretty hard to be patient with the program. My partner and I took turns watching over the clips while deciding what the keep and what not to which, took up quite some time if I'm being honest.

    The plan that we originally had for editing before went straight out the window because of the time limit that we had. The first thing I did was download the clips from my google drive onto the computer. After that I went to import it into Pinnacle Studios but, I couldn't find it. With that obstacle in the way, I went through my notes looking for where the clips could have possibly gone or if I did something wrong but, I found no solution. That resulted in me trying to get the clips under a different category than they have on Pinnacle Studios. The folders that they had in the import station of  Pinnacle Studios had absolutely nothing showing up in them. Neither my partner or I knew what to do so I just went into autopilot, from taking photography last year, and started messing with the settings of the videos. I'm not completely sure what I did but I managed to get the videos directly into Pinnacle Studios without having to import anything.

      After we got the videos in the real work began. We took the clips that we wanted in 100% and put them in order. The shots the outcome after we put all the clips together was not only too short but also not smooth at all. So the first thing I did was separate the clips so I could edit each individually. I made the first clip, the establishing shot, longer and smoother than it was when originally shot because the shortness of the clip made the transitions seem choppy. I also added a fade-out into all of the clips because it also helped in keeping the clips continuous and not too startling at all the very noticeable cuts. I also wanted to slow down some of the zoom-in and zoom-out clips but, I haven't figured that out yet. I want those clips to be longer so when we do the voice over we have time to include all the relevant information necessary.