Step by Step Edit by Dana Atchley

Why I Spent Christmas in the Caribbean

1. Shoot video

2. Create a script See Script Worksheet

3. Log Videotape See Log Worksheet

4. Capture footage

5. Locate best frames of headline, stockings & view and save as stills

6. Import stills: headline, stockings & view

7. Trim snowman footage

8. Place snowman footage in timeline

9. Set audio level to 0

10. Add sound effects "Whoosh"

11. Duplicate SFX and move new clip to end

12. SAVE

13. Reset headline, stockings & view stills to 4 seconds

14. Add headline, Stockings & view stills to timeline

15. Add 1 sec Cross dissolve between snowman and headline

16. Add 1 sec Cross dissolve between headline and stockings

17. Add 1 sec Cross dissolve between stockings and view

18. SAVE

19. Trim footage of man in chair and place in timeline

20. Add 1 sec Cross dissolve between view and man in chair

21. Trim footage: palm beach, palm silhouette & palm wide

22. Add footage to timeline: palm beach, palm silhouette & palm wide

23. Add 2 sec Cross dissolve between man in chair and palm beach

24. Add 4 sec Cross dissolve between palm beach and palm silhouette

25. Trim palm silhouette to 4 secs

26. Add 4 sec Cross dissolve between palm silhouette and palms wide

27. Trim palms wide to 8 secs 28. Add 4 sec Cross dissolve between palm silhouette and sand and surf

29. Adjust audio levels

30. Import "Cayman Music"

31. Place playhead 15 frames into snowman and split at playhead

32. Create title: "Why we spent Christmas in the Caribbean" (UpperCase)

33. Place title after between split in snowman

34. Place playhead 15 frames into sand and surf and split at playhead

35. Create title: "Wish you were here in the Caribbean!

36. Place title after between split in sand and surf

37. Import still: black frame

38. Fade to black

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