Finishing Up

Week 15:

This past week was definitely a week for finishing things up. My main focus was on the documentary. While I had the majority of it edited and put together, I had about 3 minutes that still needed edited, not to mention all the color and audio editing I had to do.

Putting the last 3 minutes on wasn't very difficult. I knew essentially what I wanted, so it wasn't terribly difficult to put it together.

What WAS difficult was the color correcting and audio editing. I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist when I begin editing videos. Even if a clip is only on the screen for 2 seconds, I want it to look just as good as the rest. So, I obsessed over the color and audio for 3 or 4 days until I was happy with it. I will never be done with the documentary though, I'll be editing it for the rest of my life. It's something long and varied enough that I will always make changes. It will never be completely done in my eyes, this is just the first finished version.