I'm such a bad youtuber/blogger. I mean it's been six weeks and we haven't put out a single video. And my blogs are probably boring you to a coma that you will hopefully wake up from soon. So I apologize dearly for the wait. We really need to get things together and record something. Anything! And I also want to apologize for not posting last week. I was working on an extra long blog and it took forever, but now it's posted. And I was hoping that two blogs in one day would hopefully make up for half of it. And as for the video, I'm sure that we'll come up with something soon. Hopefully. Thank you so much for sticking out the wait with us. I promise we'll get something uploaded. Love you guys.
For this week's blog I had to interview an "expert" on the project I'm doing. I mentally spazzed out! How was I supposed to find a fellow youtuber in my small town?!? So I went off the topic of youtube to editing and lighting. Both topics I knew nothing about. And thus the person popped in my head. I stumbled upon my interviewee in our school's choir room. Mr.Griffith not only helps run the school's music department, but he also helps people with presentations and has a tech class. He does numerous projects that involve editing audio and fixing light settings, so that everything is perfect. So I asked him and he said yes.
Mr.Griffith or G, as he is mostly referred as, is a thirty something choir director. He went ISU and has been teaching music for 16 years. Mr.Griffith enjoys editing and has been doing this for 15-16 years. He also works on lighting and has been doing so for 22 years. He doesn't do it professionally so he didn't require any education. But he informed that someone looking into editing as a career would require at least a bachelor's degree. Over my time spent with him, I have learned that he is very detail oriented, and a bit of a perfectionist. Like in most things, the little details count. Recordings also have to be clean. If even one sound is off then the whole thing is ruined. He told me that he was recording madrigal songs in a room in the courthouse and after all that work they had to start all over. Why you ask? Well just below them was the basement and in that particular basement was a soda pop machine. They didn't hear anything, but the mic picked up everything. And thus they had to start all over. Moral of the story? Don't record by pop machines. A trait key to editing is patience. He literally stays up for 12 hours on just one cd. I hope you had a good social life because it won't exist after this. For you beginners like me, pay attention now because this is the most important part of editing. Are you ready for this? You sure? Okay. Here it is. Putting out a good product and making sure everything is perfect. Boom. I just blew all of your minds. Headphones. These are a must have when editing. Make sure you have a really good pair of headphones and be a good listener or else. Magic Mix is an editing app that the legend, Mr.Griffith, himself uses. Being that he edits quite frequently in his line of work, editing is a necessity, but in his opinion, schools should not have editing classes. His information really helped me out and I am very grateful for it. I will definitely be using this when I edit my videos. Yesterday I watched a video in health class that really opened up my eyes. It was about teen suicide. Two people went through a hard time to the point where they didn't care what happened to them. With the right help from his friend and teacher, the boy didn't go through with his plans and is happily married with a daughter today. The girl wasn't as lucky and didn't have as good of a friend as him. She is no longer with us. It made me realize that not everyone is lucky enough to have someone that is supportive and they can talk to without fear of judgement. And they don't always have a safe way to release their emotions. Maybe if she had had something to make her laugh or at least smile, she wouldn't have gone through with it. That's why I'm doing what I'm doing. Sure this has always been my dream, but that's only part of it. I want people to see my videos and smile. I want my videos to motivate them to not only help themselves, but to help others as well. After reading this, I hope it opened up your eyes as well. Don't take anything for granted. Appreciate what you have because the person next to may not have that.
Guess what?! We finally came up with a name for our channel! I can't believe it's really happening. You wouldn't believe how many times we came up with a name we were happy with, and someone else already had it. Now you're probably wondering what the name is. Well I won't keep you waiting anymore. The name of our channel is...*insert drum roll here* Our Awkward Reality! Why this name you ask? Well it pretty much sums Emily and I to a T. We even made our channel on Youtube. We don't have any videos uploaded yet, but go ahead and subscribe to see when we do. My dream is finally becoming a reality and I can't wait to share it with you.<3
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