Editing Blog: Keeping it at 30 seconds

        

 I first had had to dump all the footage I recorded from my phone onto my laptop. Then I assorted it out into files that correspond to each of my scenes as I had multiple takes for each scene. I then import all of the bests takes of each scene onto my editing software. After it finished importing, I aligned all the scenes to its proper order. This included the ending signature scene from a proper snickers commercial. This scene will not contain the music element for the commercial. After playing it the whole thing out, I confirmed everything is going in the right order with myself. The total came out to be about a minute.

After realizing I'm way over the time limit, I need to edit some of the time from the scenes. I also wanted to cut certain parts of the scene as it drags on to the time. This meant I had to rerun the whole film and see what scene I could cut down or speed up where it wouldn't take away anything important. I had to cut down on the opening scene, where I initiated the decision to play football. I then had to speed up a bit the collage of clips of me knocking down the other actor. Where it didn't move faster than you can keep up. I then cut down on the amount of time I took when talking down on the other actor. I also had to make a seamless cut on when you'll notice a change in characters. I lowered the original sound from the scenes and imported music in the background, which was nicely consistent with the film's scenes. I also slightly edited the scenes that followed after this. I then showed everyone who participate and family members how the final product looked, where they all agreed it look good. In total, I was able to achieve the 30 seconds commercial mark.