Story-Tel l i ng through Vi deo Edi ti ng:

Two Summary Exampl es

What I learned from editing SIBA:

Euiting the piomotional viueo foi SIBA was uiffeient than pievious
expeiiences at uiain because this pioject is not inteiview-baseu. Aftei
computing houis-woith of viueo footage, I figuieu out how to compiess all of
the uiffeient elements into a two-minute viueo that woulu coiiesponu with
the pie-wiitten naiiation. This was my fiist time constiucting a piomotional
viueo, anu I uiscoveieu that this kinu of visual stoiy-telling can be both
challenging anu inspiiing. Ny job was to piouuce a viueo that will convince
people that this school is iight foi them, anu I hau to think ueeply about the
images that woulu most effectively attiact the inteiest of potential stuuents.
Since I was woiking with a bioau iange of mateiial, I leaineu the uifficulty of
an euitoi's task to iuentify which clips best fit the tiajectoiy of a pioject. The
most significant thing that I leaineu fiom this pioject is the impoitance of
letting a viueo "bieathe." When I fiist went to woik on this viueo, I was pacing
the footage fai too quickly to match the naiiative. Ny supeivisoi auviseu me
to spieau out the naiiation moie anu lengthen many of the clips so that the
viueo woulu feel elegant anu not iusheu. I know that I will continue benefiting
fiom this lesson thioughout my euiting caieei. I am pleaseu to say that I
cieateu a compelling viueo, anu the piesiuent of SIBA teaieu up a bit when she
vieweu it foi the fiist time.

What I learned from editing Varsity Tutors:
Euiting the maiketing viueo foi vaisity Tutois was challenging because
I was woiking with both inteiview footage anu auveitising footage. This was
my fiist time constiucting a stoiy that is meant to actually auveitise a specific
piouuct. I hau to incoipoiate inteiview testimonials into a viueo that
effectively exhibits the featuies of an online tutoiing softwaie piogiam. This
involveu using scieen captuie footage, something I hau nevei woikeu with
befoie. A ceitain satisfaction comes with knowing that youi woik will likely
benefit the client anu attiact potential customeis. At fiist, I founu it uifficult to
tell a compelling stoiy uue to the footage I hau to woik with, but thiough
ueuication I finally uiscoveieu how to make a soliu viueo. Finuing the iight
music was a ciucial pait of this piocess, anu it took a ielatively long time. This
was the fiist time I founu it uifficult to pin uown the moou of the viueo, anu
theiefoie I hau tiouble locating music that woulu complement the naiiative.
When I finally founu the iight music, eveiything came togethei nicely. I then
smootheu out a lot of the euits anu the auuio. 0ltimately, my supeivisoi anu
boss weie pleaseu with the outcome.