Editing Lesson Blog

       We are at the point in our commercial where we need to learn the process of using the cameras and editing our footage. Before we can even think about filming, we need to check out the camera that we have been provided. It's pretty easy to check out a camera from the call but it's also easy not to listen and mess up. We start the process by filling out the checkout form that we will find at the cabinet. We fill out everything except the item number that we will get later. We bring the from to the teachers desk and hand her the form. This is when she will hand us the camera and or tripod which will have the item number that we now fill out. T the camera is completely our responsibility that comes with a simple rule. We break it we buy it. Also the camera must come back the following school day.
        This is only the start of the filming process. As a group, we will be fiming multiple takes and videos for our commercial. All these takes will go on the SD card that was provided to us. Instead of keeping all the footage on the camera, we want to export onto a file on our computer. In order to do this, we will take the SD card out of the camera and insert it into an SD card reader that we will insert into the computer. A screen will pop up and from there we should look for the letters DCIM. This should have all of our footage on it. We then highlight the videos and add them into a new folder that we should have already made. Now that we have all of our videos in one place, we can start to edit the raw footage.
         This editing process is more complicated than the rest. It takes a lot of trial and error before we may perfect it. We begin by locating an icon titled Pinnacle Studios. We will be using this application for all of our editing needs. Press import to bring all of our footage on to the app. Click desktop then folder and finally a media will pop up. From here, we now have all of our videos in the editing app and we check the footage and add to the app. Now we need to learn how to edit and what kind of tools we can us in the app. The first thing we learned was what the different grey bars on the bottom meant. They were each tracks that has a role. The first was title, the second is footage, and the third is sound. In the footage bar, we can cut footage, add voice overs in the sound track, or even do transitions. To finish off we simply press export to MP4 and continue when needed.