I began my extensive video editing journey when I was at the ripe young age of 11. My friends and I edited together a few clips of us dancing around the backyard over some cheesy song and called it a music video. Since that ~enlightening~ first experience, I have pursued this interest by editing approximately two subsequent videos, both of which were mandated by school assignments. Movie Maker has accompanied me thus far on my journey to becoming the next Emma Chamberlain, but it is here that I must say good-bye. I am absolutely devastated to leave it behind, but I suppose I can always just drown myself in a stack of pancakes.Today, however, we look to the future. I am excited to announce the next chapter of my journey into the world of video-editing: iMovie. I'm sure you all know what it is (even if you're lame and have an Android), so I won't waste any time explaining the premise of it. After doing some research on the best editing programs for beginners, I found that iMovie satisfied most sites' criteria of accessibility, price (free), easy user interface, and a good range of features. By the end of the next five weeks, I should be able to incorporate basic video-editing techniques into the video blog. Ultimately, however, my goal is to recut a movie trailer into a different genre. In other words, I'm basically going to try to edit the music, lighting, and transitions to create a different mood.
Here's an example (it's actually pretty cool): Stephen King's "It" recut as a family film
At this point, this still feels like a rather ambitious goal, especially given my extremely limited experience. It's one of those things that could either turn out really cool or really tragic. Not gonna lie, I'm kind of just crossing my fingers and hoping I didn't overestimate my abilities.
P.S - Hopefully I'll be feeling a little less daunted by the next post.
