Editing Movie Maker

For a project for a different class, I had to make a movie and help edit it for a presentation. This time I didn't use the program we used to edit movies, but Windows Movie Maker. Let me tell you something, there is a significant difference between the two. I never realized Windows Movie Maker would be as different and poor quality as it was. I mean I feel adobe is just quite the program but still Windows needs to step up a bit in order to compete. Also it takes way to long for a movie to make, please Windows step up your game a bit.

Numbers

Today in class we went over how to edit numbers. Let me tell you this first and foremost, I hate math. I can't stand how boring math is and I feel a calculator can suffice for any math problem. I didn't think about the editing process of math and editing statistics. Literally each word matters when choosing how to write in numbers. It was funny listening to people arguing about statistics and how to right it in. Yes we look like fools saying it's a 6 percent increase rather than 4 (even thought it's 4 percentage points increase) but let all those say we are wrong, then you make them look like an ass. That's why I will be careful with the numbers I use, I don't want to make myself look like an ass as well as my readers.

LaRoque Books

So last class we had a test for Professor Byer's class (I mean really he gave us a test?) And we had to look at the LaRoque books for the test, to be honest this was the first time I read the books. I was kind of surprised when reading them of how much I actually knew about editing and the actual purpose of editing. Normally when reading a book to study from I am looking at it for the first time I am learning new things but this was one of the first times I actually understood without reading. I question as to if this is because of what I have learned already from prior classes but what I did get out of my reading was the importance of editing. We as writers are stubborn and can make mistakes often but editors are there for us to correct these mistakes, the whole importance is for the ease of the reader and we must realize this.