I had various dilemmas in the editing process. The montage of her was difficult, because I did not wanted to feel repetitive. We had many good shots of him, but not as many diverse shots for her. We didn't have enough footage. The actors were sometimes awkward when acting as a couple, because they're best friends. THE AUDIO. if there is something I'm not the master at is editing audio. I am still having trouble with it and let me tell you it is a struggle. I can not get the diegetic sounds of the city to flow, the song sounds weirdly convoluted, and it feels fake. I used this website with royalty free sound effects to get all of my folly sounds:http://soundbible.com/1609-Traffic-Jam-1.html. It was a really great resource that helped out a lot, because the original sound had a weird hum from the mic, probably because I'm no expert and used it wrong. And in some you could even hear a radio station (?) I know weird.
My cousin works at a media creator company, and while talking to him and some of his coworkers, they told me i could download some tools to do the coloring in final cut, so that I could edit each shot individually. This was a lifesaver, because even though I didn't hate using VSCOX I wasn't loving the result. So I will be using that resource for sure.
Yesterday and today I was supposed to finish editing the shot to finalize the ending, but I was really feeling under the weather and got a severe allergic reaction so I wasn't necessarily up for it. I will do it this week in class, and that way I can get feedback from my partner.
For the ending I have decided to end it with the title card, and then use old footage I got of my bedroom window to symbolize the beginning of the film, since I don't think I'll have time to reshoot anything, and now I just have to work with what I have.
I realized I was asking too many people for feedback, and their reactions made me doubt my work. I have had since day 1 really high expectations for this project, so its really important to me. So I will just do what feels good for me and be confident in what my partner and I are doing.
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