Editing CCR

Right after I finished filming, I went straight into editing my CCRs. In this blog post I will be discussing the editing process and some adjustments I had to make to prevent my video from being too long or too hard to understand.

To edit, I used iMovie since it was more convenient, especially because I had also used it to edit my film opening. I started by importing all my media and organizing it in the right order.

While answering the questions in the video, I added clips from the film opening to illustrate my point and help viewers better understand what I'm explaining. For example: 

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In addition, I added captions to help the viewers understand better what I'm saying. Since English is not my first language, I'm well aware that some words I pronounce might be hard to understand, so I figured adding captions would be helpful. 

One more adjustment I had to make was speeding up the screen recording of the computer. Like I mentioned in my last post, I screen recorded my Mac while typing the blog's text to create the effect of the blog writing itself. But since I write incredibly slow, I had to speed up the clips by x10! If I had skipped that step, the video would probably be ten minutes instead of four...

Overall, editing my CCRs was smooth thanks to iMovie. Adding clips from my film opening, captions, and speeding up the screen recording helped make the video clearer and more engaging. I also learned how small adjustments, like changing the speed of a clip, can make a big difference in keeping the video interesting. In the end, I’m happy with how it turned out and glad I could make it easier for viewers to follow along.