I've always prided
myself on the ability to edit video/film to the
perfect point of time vs. storytelling. It's not about
making it shorter, it's about improving the storyline
or maintaining the storyline in a more concise manner.
It's an art that I adore and have honed over the past
20 years of editing going back to the "2
VCR" days in the 90s.
Every once and
awhile though, a story comes along that needs the
weight of time to work. You don't want to throw
in music to build suspense, you don't want to make
overt edits for suspense... you have to sit and feel
it. You have to watch the character pace. You have to
watch the character shake his legs and the only
editing device needed? Is a clock. A simple tick of a
clock and a sub-title saying how long until the
moment, and how long since the moment passed.
After loading all
the footage, and cutting together my own personal
video for us... I realized it was the only way to
share it. And if you hadn't imagined, the "Journey
Videos" are almost always a snippet of the longer
videos I put together and share. I have terabytes
of archives of video for personal viewing later... but
in this case? The video is just too stunning for me
not to share. I have never seen a birth like this. I
have never known what happens in the first 20 minutes
of life, as it happens. It's remarkable to me even if
it wasn't my kid and man, that Go-Pro fish-eye lens
footage is so surreal. I feel like I'm watching my
memories. So I hope you enjoy this video that I
had to break up into 2 parts because of the 15 minute
rule on YouTube. The first part has the birth, but
please check out the 2nd part if just for the ride we
take to the nursery. Love watching Jimmy and Karen see
the baby for the first time. :-)
See what I mean?
How do you edit that? The entire crux of the video is
the "Real-time" aspect of it. Check out the
rest...
So precious.
Alright, the final entry of this magical day will
indeed be edited. :-) Want to show all the faces and
people who were excited to meet Vienna her first 24
hours of life. As well, there are some remarkable
pictures that I cannot wait to set in stone on this
site.
