To make a long story short: Spring Break was not in fact a break.
The first week was rough. I was mostly coming to terms with our new normal, grieving senior year, and mostly focused on taking care of myself. Am I mad that my project wasn't my main priority? Absolutely not. I really needed the week, and I think it ended up working in my favor. The second week was much more productive than the first. After days of lounging, I was so ready to continue editing the documentary, and I just focused all of my energy on that. This ended up working really, really well (and I'm really proud of that because honestly this pandemic is mentally draining, so the fact that I can actually be productive is crazy). I've refined/worked more on the script, and I have about 30 minutes of the documentary edited. Now, let's explain that a little more.... Prior to the outbreak I changed my mind and reached out to my music/producer friend, and he was more than happy to narrate the documentary with his perfect, spunky voice that matched what tone I was going for. He lives in Denmark but was visited Maryland in early March -- however, he went home early due to the coronavirus and wasn't able to narrate. This is TOTALLY understandable and I'm not even mad. However, because of the stay at home order, I'm coming to terms with the fact that I have to narrate (and be on screen sometimes for the narration). It's fine. I'm over it. Everyone is sacrificing things right now. That being said, I still need to do some filming, so I'll knock that part out soon. What I've been working with is the interviews. If you look at my script, you can see that there are interviews incorporated with the narration. I'll leave space on the Premiere Pro timeline and edit the interview chunks. I'm fixing audio, trimming things, playing with certain frame sizes, etc. It's been so fun!! That sounds sarcastic but I promise it wasn't!! I've also been tinkering with GarageBand to make backing tracks. I've also been working into the interview clips photos, newspaper titles, videos, etc. I shouldn't have any problems with the images under Fair Use law. However, Premiere Pro does like to keep me on my toes and sometimes swaps audio clips. Person A will be on the screen, but I'll hear Person B talking. It's an easy thing to fix, but it gets a little annoying. Also, Premiere Pro is such an "intense" program that my MacBook has to decrease the viewing rate so that it's not glitchy. According to my computer-programming uncle, this shouldn't be a problem if I want to export the final product with a better quality. I'm so happy with my progress. So much has been unexpected recently, but at this point I'm just going with the flow. Even with online school starting tomorrow I'm confident that I'll be able to continue working productively -- this project has been something to keep me entertained while we all socially-distance.
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