CCR Editing

 Editing the CCRs took a WHILE to say the least. But guess what. I'm done! I definitely underestimated how long editing would take, but it would be a lie to say that it wasn't enjoyable. I virtually got to relive the funny experiences and manipulate them into an 11 minute time frame. Today, I'll share some of the most important findings throughout the editing process.

For both CCR's, I utilized Adobe Premiere Pro to edit and made good use of a variety of tools, from lighting to zooming.

When editing CCR questions 1 and 2, I found that one of the kind hecklers had a voice that was especially difficult to understand due to his thick accent, so I decided to put subtitles on all of his lines, as well as CCR Question 2, which was asked by a different person.

The lighting issue that I addressed in my previous post was easily resolved through Adobe's "Lighting Effects" option. It found a good balance between making the footage easier to see and not making it look overly tampered with or washed out.

I decided that using jump cuts stylistically, aside from covering potential errors in my answers. would add to a sense of awkwardness and utter inelegance that was pioneered by my compelling performance (totally).

For CCR questions 3 and 4, I had a lot of work to do. I had to cut down over 30 minutes of footage to around 6 minutes, and still manage to make it a little bit funny. Luckily, approximately 90% of the footage was us goofing off, making each other laugh, and restarting our lines after messing up. After getting rid of the nonsensical filler, I was left with about 10 minutes of footage to chop down, and it was pretty straight forward from that point.

Pixabay.com had many free, non-copyright sound effects to offer and enhance the comedic, silly tone I was going for.

A common convention of podcasts that I needed to follow was the incorporation of a logo and themed music. Canva had me covered for the logo, as I simply took an alternative take to the KL Productions logo, turning it into KL PODuctions.

As for the music, what better alternative to waiting for permission or scouring the internet for non-copyright free music than music created by yours truly?

Definitely not my best art, but it still fits into the vibe of the podcast effectively.

Canva was also very helpful in creating the end credits for the CCR to appreciate and credit all those who assisted me along the way.

Overall, despite being a rather tedious, time-consuming process, I enjoyed every second of editing the CCRs. I almost don't want to say it, but I'm basically done?! With everything? What?