Editing the commercial

When we got to class today, we were informed that the editing site was not working. After the teacher tried and multiple students tried we finally gave up on the site working. This kind of sucked because we wanted to edit our video to see if we needed anymore footage that we didn’t get. This would make it so we still would have some time to film the videos we still needed. Now, we are kind of stuck in the dark. We took as many videos as possible for each scene, so hopefully we captured the right footage. We will end up seeing how it turns out after next class when we can hopefully begin to edit. We are praying that the footage we took covers everything and that we don’t have a gap in our commercial that doesn’t make sense. Because the editing website wasn’t working, we decided that the only thing we could do is go outside and film a couple more scenes anyways. We had the extra time to because we couldn’t do anything else in class, so we decided the best choice was to film. More videos taken is better than less.

So despite the title of this blog, there was no editing actually completed in class. The editing site we are supposed to use, pinnacle studios, was not working. This made it a little more difficult for us, because we didn’t know what should be re-videoed since we didn’t get to lay out our footage. However, it did make it so we had an extra day to finish our ending-clips for the commercial project, which was nice. At the end of our commercial, I have to say a statement and then catch a bottle of Gatorade. This is the part that we filmed today. Everything was much more cooperative today unlike last class. The weather was nice and there were very few people outside since most had already finished filming. This made it easier to get the right shot and we had to take much fewer takes than last class. We believe we got the right clip for the video. I like the way it looks and you can clearly hear my voice even though it was slightly windy outside. This might change whether we voiceover the whole commercial or not.

For the actual taping of the video, I threw on my soccer uniform on top of my school clothes to save us some time. We then only did the scenes we knew we needed more filming for. This allowed us to still have time to write a blog when we got back to class. For these clips I had to say these exact words: “After my game, I love a nice refreshing sip of Gatorade”. As soon as I say the word Gatorade, one of my team members tosses a Gatorade bottle right into my hand. This adds to the dramatic ‘gatorade’ effect. For most of the videos, we had to retake them because the tossing of the bottle was not perfected for a good amount of time. When tossing the bottle, they had to do it from the right angle so their arm wouldn’t get in camera shot. They also had to make sure that the bottle was through right up and down so that I could easily catch it. This process took a while to perfect but we eventually got it. The clip we took today I believe was *the one*. I slickly caught the bottle without looking to the side and stated my statement with a good pronunciation. Next class we will hopefully begin the editing process.