And the editing begins......

We decided on using final cut pro x to edit our video, because it is a software I am familiar with and have used before. I started editing in IMovie, so the transition to final cut was seamless. I tried using DaVinci, but I did not like it. Since final cut is $300, I was going to edit in my cousin's apartment in Miami because he has the program, however he was extremely busy, and the days I could go he couldn't be there to open his apartment. So I tried to download the final cut free trial apple offers, but my software was too old and my computer had no storage. So after a 2 hour phone call with apple support, I finally was able to download Mojave, the new software, so that the I could download final cut. But then I had no storage, so I had to delete all my old footage of past projects, pictures, documents, etc. and then...... FINALLY I had final cut.

I edited in my breaks as a ball person in Miami Open, and I'm proud to say I like were the film is going. However, like I mentioned before the ending was a struggle, so I ended up using the backup footage and creating a flashback in his point of view. I like it but it doesnt convince me, it needs more. It is still missing the title , which we still haven't decided on, the podcast, the poem, the credits, and the subtitles. So we have a long way to go. My partner is writing the script for the podcast and recording it, and I really like Tulipan sin agua for the title. But we will see.

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Complications

So, since we had some complications and we couldn't record the last scene (which was the most important !!), we need to figure out what we're going to do. We have some options:

1. Use the footage we have and not have the falling scene where he catches her.
2. Use the extra footage from the market that we got the Sunday we filmed
3. Record him remembering her with a polaroid in a balcony (borrow camera again, and has to be before spring break ends)
4. Record them fighting in the balcony

I think we're going to go with option #1, because it is the least problematic, and doesn't require shooting again, because we have a lot of editing to do with the sound, the coloring, and the actual editing. If we do film again, it think we would do option #3, because it fits our story, and doesn't give much away, since it doesn't reveal anything, just hints at their breakup. That one would be shot at my cousin's apartment in Miami, probably around sunset and someday over next weekend since I'm not traveling anymore. We would have to talk to a girl in our class that borrowed the BECONTV equipment, to see if we could use it. 

I'm editing tomorrow morning, so I'll be able to see if we do need more footage, or the same purpose can be achieved with what we have. I think we should be good, because we don't want to give too much away, and we want to drift away from romance conventions a little.

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