Hey everyone! Happy new years eve! Recently, my friends and I decided we wanted to reenact a Saturday Night Live digital short called "Extreme Activities Competition". Though we have all the skills and items we need to go through with it, we are lacking in one department: FILMING/EDITING/AUDIO!! None of my friends really know how to do any of this. We need to be able to add in sound to the video, add text, and learn how to cut and paste scenes together- cause we arent going to do it all in one take obviously We also need to know how to freeze the screen etc. so we can add text and change clothes etc. I'm not sure if this is just the pause and play button. I am really oblivious to this whole sorta thing!! Here is the video we are going to try to reenact with our own creativity added but the examples of what I am trying to do are all in this skit:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/37751/saturday-night-live-snl-digital-short-extreme-challenge

I am hoping anyone could help me out and give me all the info my friends and I need to do this. PLUS is there a program I should download on my macbook that we can plug the computer into that helps edit/add text to the video etc?

HELP PLEASE!!!! THANKS SOO MUCH!

On your Macbook you should have a program called imovie which is a video editing software.

Digital video editing is connecting you camcorder to your computer to transform the footage into a creative and enjoyable movie that your friends and family will enjoy watching. While editing mostly involves art and storytelling, it also revolves around organization and information management. The process of editing begins once your videotaped footage is copied from the camcorder onto the computer, where it's stored as a series of large files on a hard disk drive.

It is important to understand that in digital video editing, you don't actually lay shots on the timeline, you lay markers, representative links to the actual shots. That's why the process is referred to as non-linear editing. The idea is for you to choose the best of your shots and string them together in an interesting and informative way. With your video footage captured and stored on the hard disk, you'll be able to proceed to the second stage of the process.

Nonlinear edit systems are built around timelines composed of video and audio tracks upon which your program is assembled. Sometimes the difference between low-end and high-end edit systems is how many tracks are offered. One difference between high-end edit systems is often the amount of flexibility you have, how easy it is to trim, slip, and slide media in the timeline. Adding text and titles will enhance most of your projects.

Be aware that anything you do, other than simply playing one piece of media after another, requires additional processing power on the part of your computer. You'll choose where pieces of media begin and end, whether they overlap, and how they'll interact. The computer will need to render the effects in order to play them properly. Most modern fast computers, whether PC or Mac, are capable of most common editing jobs quite satisfactorily without hardware accelerators.

As you'll quickly discover, digital video editing, using computers is not only something that's quick and easy to grasp, but its enjoyable and rewarding as well. More advanced editing programs such as Avid and final cut pro, offer more advanced possibilities. You can add titles, put in a wide range of video effects, import music, add a spoken commentary or pre-installed sound effects. These more advanced programs enables you to do everything you require.

In addition, it's now common for video-makers to make special versions of their productions for sharing via email or on a website. This is called streaming, and these files can be viewed while downloading. The viewer does not need to have downloaded the entire file before starting to watch the movie. Thanks to Quick Time, and Windows Media Player, you now can enjoy your favorite movies online.

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