Editing: The Commercial

Today in class my group members and I finished filming our commercial. We completed scenes one and four. Scene one was the shot where we walked out of McDonald's talking. Scene four was the trunk shot that showed our reaction to what was inside. When we arrived back to class we exported the previous scenes and the scenes that we just filmed onto Google Drive. Today we were also supposed to start editing our commercial, but we could not. The reason is, because half of the computers didn't work and on the other half the software was down. The software that I am referring to is Pinnacle Studios. Pinnacle Studios is the software that we use to edit our commercial. It is found on the desktop of every computer in class.

As a result of the malfunctioning computers and software, we spent the rest of the class working on other aspects of the project that didn't require either the computer or software. For example, we exported the footage, went over the scenes and dialogue, and began to type this blog. To export the footage we had to go back to the computer we used the previous class. However, to our surprise it was taken. Another group was using it to type their blogs. So, we had to wait until we they were finished to export the footage. Next, one of my group members dumped and uploaded the scenes that we filmed today on her Google Drive. We then went over the scenes and dialogue. We made sure that we had the proper order of the scenes and that the dialogue matched, or transitioned properly into the next scene. Lastly, we began to type this blog in the last 40 minutes of class.

For the next class we plan to edit all of our scenes together to create a smooth commercial. We have yet to record the voice over of us singing the McDonald's jingle. This will be implemented in the sixth scene of the commercial. Along with that, in the sixth scene there will also be a fade out to show the McDonald's logo. This logo is the two golden arcs on a plain red background. To add on, we also have to add in the Barbie "You can be anything theme song". This will be implemented during the fifth scene of the commercial. Hopefully next class the computers and software will be up and running ready for us to use. Also that we will be a little more productive. I think it's going to be great!