What to Download

Now that we have acquired the footage we need it is time to begin editing, because as Garry Marshall states, “editing makes the movie.”

Addie and I have decided that I should act as the primary editor for the film, given the fact that I have previous experience working with film editing programs. In addition to this, my computer is also newer than Addie’s and is better suited to handle editing software. I plan to work closely with Addie in class during the editing process. Having her review what I have edited will give me a new set of eyes that can tell me what works and what doesn’t.

As I began to edit our rough cut I learned very quickly that I would have to download a new editing software. The current software I had downloaded on my computer was Cyber Link’s Power Director 12, which was released in September 2013. This program was outdated and did not allow me to upload videos that had been filmed on the iPhone cameras.

Before downloading another editing program I decided to do some research to determine what editing program would be best for creating our opening title sequence.

I needed a program that would allow me a significant amount of control when it came to editng both sound and video. The program needed to be simple in the sense that I could learn how to use it quickly but complicated enough to allow me design titles and use color correction.

Most importantly the editing program needed to be free. As stated previously this is a low budget indpendent film, so we need to reduce the cost of production, and post production as much as possible. This is why an editing software that does not require you to submit any financial information or start a “free trial” is what we hope to find in our research.

To find this perfect editing software I turned to YouTube users. Those on the YouTube platform are often low budget, like us, but have had more experience working in video editing and maintaining their public channel. This is why I asked people using their platfrom what editing programs they used to create there videos. I found that many users had a video on their channel that gave a list of free editing software they viewed as the best. This is where I came across the two videos below.

In my next blog I will discuss what editing software I chose to download and why along with the experience I have had working with it so far.

Resources:

“PowerDirector.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 9 Feb. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerDirector#Editions.

“Garry Marshall Quotes.” BrainyQuote, Xplore, http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/garry_marshall_197305.