Artistic Thinking - Engage & Persist: Studio Update

 Sony Acid Pro workspace showing original 20 second cut

Sony Acid Pro workspace after editing down to 10 seconds

Reflection:

I took my original 20 second long music bed and re-cut it down to be 10 seconds. It was not as straight forward or simple as it would seem. There was a lot of content that had to be scaled down or removed from the original. A lot of choices had to be made and experimented with. It was an extremely frustrating, but a necessary step. As this is potential music for the intro of the videos it may need to be cut down more, but I'll see what it's like when placed with video first.

I find that my students have similar frustrations when they create their first few projects. They want to use every clip they shot, use entire soundtracks, etc, and produce excessively long videos. I remind them that this is video editing and choices have to be made about what should stay and go. Only the absolute best footage that tells the story in the clearest way should make it to the final cut. I understand, though, that editing anything down is always a difficult task, no matter how many times you have done it before! Cutting down this audio track was a good reminder.