Start of Editing!

Hey! So we’ve started to edit the footage for our final project. Even though we still have more filming to do, just so we know where we stand and what else we need to film. As I previously mentioned, I used “cinematic mode” on my iPhone to shoot our videos. While it looks so good, very high quality, this has proven to be an issue. It is extremely hard to export such footage, as it is so high in storage. I tried texting it to myself, emailing it, airdropping it. No technique I could think of seemed to work.

I eventually asked my dad for help, and he came up with an idea. I felt kind of silly, it had been staring me right in the face: how to get footage from my phone onto my computer? Simply plug my phone into my computer! Of course!

That proved to be extremely effective. I was able to make a folder filled with all of our footage up to this point. 

Then, I imported each clip into the iMovie app on my computer. This is the third project for this class where I am using iMovie. Each time it just gets easier and easier; I’m learning new tricks and techniques. 

Without having all the footage we needed, I put filler clips, black screens, in the places where we needed another title or cutaway. That way, when we have the actual shot ready, I can easily place it into the complete project. 

Well, that’s as far as I’ve gotten with editing, until next time!

Yay! I was able to import all the videos.