Stubborn Splitscreen During Editing

   We began to edit our music video last class and I have to say, we have definitely been working efficiently. Before we started editing, we all discussed what everyone's jobs were going to be so that we would have everything planned out and we wouldn't have to stress. I was given the job of arranging all of the clips. During this job, I would have to cut clips to an appropriate length and ensure that they were all in the order shown on our storyboard. I would also have to create a split screen. I was the one in charge of making the split screen since I was the only one who had attempted one before this project and I had an idea of what I was supposed to do.

   While the entire time that I was editing, I had my storyboard beside me so that I could use it for reference. Once the clips were imported, I was in charge of selecting which takes would best fit in the video. I determined this by looking at the majority of the clips and seeing if the acting was good and if the scene was done correctly. After selecting all of the clips that I was going to use, I then began to cut them. All the scenes required cutting since my group and I had given specific time measurements to each clips and when they would occur during the song. I began cutting by removing excess seconds where the actor would start a couple seconds after the camera started filming and where the camera would continue to film a couple seconds after the actor finished the scene. I cut the scenes by placing the red line exactly where I want the take to be split and then selecting the razorblade-like figure. This separates the take into two segments, the desireable one and the irrevelant one. Afterwards, I would simply right-click the one that I didn't need and click delete. Once the excess fragments were removed, I began to cut the scenes for each to last approximately six seconds as our storyboard projected. I tryed my best doing this however, because I had already clipped off excess time, some scenes were shorter than six seconds and some were longer. There were also six scenes that I had to make three seconds in order to match it to the storyboard. To remove the occasional blooper, I selected the three dots on the left side of the editing box which would lay out every single scene that was available. This assisted me because some scenes were too short to be visible on the AV track.

   The split screen would be the most difficult part since there were many factors that I had to adjust. This split screen consists of two segments that play at the same time, different than how I made my last split screen. I first had to open effects editer for both scenes by right-clicking the take. This would take me to a new tab where I was able to adjust the size, position, rotation, and transperancy of both clips. The dimensions of both clips were relatively the same except for the horizontal position. This function changes where the take is shown on the screen and I had to alter the values for one take to appear on the right and the other on the left. Afterwards, I added an AV track to place the second part of the scene by right-clicking on AV track 1 and selecting the option that allowed me to add a track below. I then, placed the second half of the split screen above the first part. Finally, I had to adjust the length of both scenes to make sure that they would play at the same time. I first tried to choose the duration time but that did not work so instead, I tried to crop the takes by selecting the razorblade but there was still a small issue occuring where the second scene would remain on the scene for a small amount of time into the next scene. I will continue to work on fixing this problem during my next class.