Editing my short film

By Laura Burgess

I used Windows Movie Maker to edit my short film.

I used various different sound effects and audio tracks any layered them together to make a complete audio.

I liked that I could merge audio files together, so they fade in and out of each other, this was particularly useful for blending the two pieces of music at the end.

I had a smooth transition from the erratic music to the dreamy track, which when well with my zooming end shot.

I found this software quite basic but easy to use. I didn’t like the way that if I moved some of the footage I had adjusted the sound track on, then the audio would shift. So I would have to edit all of the video footage first and then add the audio over the top, working from the beginning.

I also didn’t like the way I could only have one piece of music and one sound effect at one time.

I added titles and credits and the beginning and end. I wanted them to be simple because most short films have simple titles.