Video Editing

Now that you have your shots filmed, it's time to put them together.

Choose your editing software.

The most important factor is that you can understand how to use this software. You don't need a million features. What you need is:

the ability to import your clips and organize them
the ability to trim the clips to remove the moments you don't want in your final webisode
the abiliy to choose transitions

Features you may want:

the ability to add a title and credits
the ability to add music or sound effects (foley)
the ability to adjust the color to look the way you want

Here's a list of the best free video editing software:

https://www.oberlo.com/blog/best-free-video-editing-software

and here's a list of editing apps for ios:

https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2019/01/best-free-video-editing-apps-iphone-ipad.html

2. Import Your Clips

You may have recorded your video in 1 take, and you may have made 20-40. In this step, you simply need to create your project and load those videos into the software so that you can start to work with them. It can get confusing to find the shot you are looking for. If your software allows you to name the clips, take the time to give them names that make sense to you.

3. Watch and Note

Make sure you watch each clip- notice if you have to trim anything, or adjust anything. Make notes about what you want to trim off.

4. Trim your clips

Trim each clip down to the part you need. Make sure to remove the part where you're moving towards or away from your phone to press record/stop. Trim out any mistakes etc.

5. Put Your Clips in Order

Sequence the clips in the order you planned when you wrote your script/storyboard.

6. Set Your Transitions

Transitions between shot can change how your audience feels. See this article for ideas on which transitions to use:

https://www.mediacollege.com/video/editing/transition/types.html

7. Add Sounds and Music

If you have the time music and sound effects can really elevate your storytelling. Film makers use sounds to highlight details and make things more exciting. They even use a layer of sound effects to make things that don't make much sound more obvious. This is called foley. Watch this video to get a window into how it's done.