Video Editing Practice Blog Reflection
10/29/25
In the last few classes, we have been practicing editing on Adobe Premiere Pro. We started by watching 13 different videos, teaching us a wide variety of things we will need to know. For example, they taught us how to add sound bits, export our final clips, and many more useful tips I used throughout the practice. I spent one class period strictly just watching the videos, and then by the next class, I was able to begin making my media. Since I spent so much time watching the videos, when I was physically doing the editing, it wasn't too tricky, but I definitely had some areas where I struggled.
My experience creating the clips went pretty smoothly. At first, I was kind of struggling because the first clip would not line up with the timeline correctly. Eventually, I figured it out, and the clips were just flowing to me, and then the unthinkable happens..... I went to sit at my computer the next period, ready to finish my clips, and then I found out my video didn't save.... At first, I was super annoyed because I had worked so hard, but I just got right back to work and made a COMPLETELY new video. Honestly, I was way happier with my second attempt, so everything ended up being okay.
To be honest, I didn't have too many struggles, but one that I did come across was that I would add a clip to the end of my sequence, and somehow the same clip would end up at the beginning of it. I was super confused why it was doing this, and still, I have no idea. But thankfully, somehow I fixed it. It was super frustrating, but thankfully it was resolved. I had a couple of successes in the process. One that I had was that I took TV Production in my Sophomore year. I was familiar with the program. So adding the clips to the sequence was simple for me, and also adding text to the different clips, which I was familiar with as well
Through the process of adding clips to the sequence, I learned that you could use the sound from a different clip as a sound bite and layer it over another video, making it into a voiceover. I thought this was super cool, especially because they had a lot of cool ice cream clips, so I was able to incorporate the clips but have a voiceover going on at the same time, making it really engaging to the audience. I specifically used this technique when Zach, the manager, was talking about how the customers' joy brings him satisfaction. I used that sound bite and layered it over a bunch of videos of him interacting with different smiling customers. I was really happy with how it turned out!
Like I said in a previous paragraph, my original sequence did not save. So one important takeaway I learned for this practice is that it ALWAYS HIT THE SAVE BUTTON. I made the silly mistake of not saving the clips to my computer.... this was definitely not my brightest moment, but it's all okay because I learned from it!! So if I decide to do a film opening for my FRQ, then best believe I will be spamming that save button over and over and over and over again. I think that Premiere Pro will help me with my portfolio project because it will help me to successfully create a great film with different techniques and skills. If I decide to do the film, then these videos I watched will be very helpful. I will definitely be rewatching them.
