Editing Issues

After we had completed our first filming attempt of our music video on the 2/01/14, we then began the editing process as soon as we went back to school from Christmas break. We initially faced editing problems when we uploaded our footage onto the editing software 'Adobe Premier Pro', as the shots began to freeze and crash the software. Although the cameras we used (9 & 10), were supposed to be compatible with 'Adobe Premier Pro' without having to transfer the footage onto 'Video Cam Suite' initially;  we attempted using 'Video Cam Suite' regardless, to see whether this corrected the problem. After more failed attempts after our second day filming and changing computers multiple times, the problem persistently continued to occur. We then concluded that certain files were corrupted as they were in a format not compatible with 'Adobe Premier Pro'. The problems we faced are best to be described as having similar characteristics to a computer virus. This is because after the footage was transferred onto the video timeline, it then would begin to cause problems such as crash, show a blank screen, certain shots would state they're corrupt, and would eventually cause the software to crash entirely. We tried rendering the footage after each attempt at editing but the rendering process would only last a little while before cancelling or crashing the software.

Due to the circumstances we have been forced to begin our editing using the free editing software 'Windows Movie Maker', firstly through converting the files to be compatible with 'QuickTime Player' and then uploading them onto 'Windows Movie Maker' on my home computer. So far this has been working perfectly fine, no problems like what we experienced with 'Adobe Premier Pro' have occurred. We hope to complete the first stage of editing on this software as soon as possible. Unfortunately, this editing software only has the very basic functions to cut and trim shots to fit in synchronisation with the song. It does not contain many professional transitions and fade effects which we initially hoped to include within our music video to make it appear as professional as possible. In order for us to include these effects, we will need to try using 'Adobe Premier Pro' again once we have transferred the finished product on 'Windows Movie Maker' into a video format. We will then transfer the footage onto 'Adobe Premier Pro' with the hope that Windows will have corrected the video format to one that is suitable for Adobe editing system. This way the shots shouldn't appear corrupt and crash the system.

Unfortunately the issues that myself and the group have faced have set us back two weeks; trying on multiple attempts to fix the problems with 'Adobe Premier Pro'. This is valuable time wasted which we could have spent perfecting the editing for our music video and beginning our ancillary products.

Callum and Georgia.