Post-Production: Editing

Here is the editing process of our music video project. This blogpost is written by me (Chelsea). 

To edit the music video, I used CapCut that is compatible for Macbook, this is a free editing app for PC designed for beginners (like me) and experienced creators which offers a variety of tools for both basic and advanced editing tasks to create high quality and visually appealing videos. CapCut also has an online version that is meant for novice editors and doesn't require downloads or installations; nevertheless, I got the installed version on purpose in order to edit offline and organise my files better. Below are the process of my editing sequence in this presentation file: 

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Editing needs countless revisions from not only my teammates, but also my teacher and non-media students to gain different perspective. Here, I created a second presentation to show the changes I made over time to create the finished music video.

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At first, we as a  group decided to do the editing collaboratively. Given that I already have this CapCut application on my laptop for a while, I might as well give it a go for editing. I was curious whether they offer collaborative editing, and they do! Although my group and I were enthusiastic, we are still unsure of how to do so. Hence, I looked up a YouTube tutorial and found this tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r6jHROPZ6E). There was an issue when I attempted to invite one of my teammates. My teammate was able to open the editing file, but all they could see was a black screen because they were unable to access any of the uploaded videos. The fact that the free option only allows one collaborator means that my other teammates were unable to edit as well, which created another problem. My teammate (Audrey) had time to purchase a monthly subscription of Capcut pro. At first, it was effective as we can edit during any time without having to see other. However, it becomes inefficient over time since file needs to be constantly updated and downloaded in order to edit (which can take up minutes to hours). At the end, we let only one person to do the editing and allowed me because the application already existed in the laptop. 

Editing is a lot of work, especially when I have to explain each modification I made and the progress I've made. Editing took me a long time from start to finish, but fortunately, my teammates are very encouraging and always provide comments, recommendations and comments that make our project better and better each time. Additionally, there have been occasions when our in-person meetings have made it easier for us to discuss and work through ideas quickly rather than me taking a screenshot, sending it to the group, and then waiting for replies, or over the phone in case there are internet issues. Although I am still considered as a beginner, being responsible for editing helped me gain so many technical skills, and watching tutorials also made it easier for me to know what to do. 

 
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