Production Blog Editing Two Music Video

 After all of the color grading was done, it was time to move onto the second part of the editing process. I filmed on a Nikon camera, which meant I needed to transfer the video clips from the SD card to the computer. I did this by putting the SD card into the adapter and connecting to Carson's computer, where the color grading was done, as mentioned in the past blog. Since the color grading and visuals for the video were done, it was time to move onto the part where the clips were shortened and framed accordingly. For this process, my group and I collectively decided to use the software CapCut, since it was a free video editor and provided all of the tools we would need to finish our project. Here, I imported the clips from the file groups that my group and I had made earlier, and made sure they were all in the right order. Once it was established that everything was in the right order, I then focused on each individual scene. I had to shorten most of the clips, as there was unnecessary length in some of them, like forgetting to cut, or having a couple of seconds of wait time before the scene started. Once I cut down the clips the most I could, it was time to move onto the framing. I made sure to frame the scenes individually before grouping them all together, because if I were to frame them while they were grouped, some scenes may not have been centered right. I also needed to add the transition effects that were needed to make the shots look smooth, this process was fairly easy and done quickly. After the framing and transitions were done, it was time to edit the clips speeds in order to fulfill the timing requirement of the project. Some clips we were able to speed up just a little bit, even if it was going from one speed to one-point-three. I had to do this to some clips, but not all, since some clips the speeding up would look too obvious and just not look good. In the end, all of the clips had the right amount of speed editing, which led to them meeting the time requirement. Now it was time to import the actual music for the music video. This was difficult since it was hard to find a way to download the music from Youtube without paying for premium. Eventually, my group mates and I did find a website which was able to transfer the Youtube video link into a download, and allowed for the audio to be exported to CapCut. Once the audio was exported into CapCut, my group mates and I cut down the music so that it fit the time frame and cut at a point where it wouldn't be awkward and actually match the music video. Once this was done the editing process for the music video was over and the project came to a close.