When I first began video editing, I felt that story craft was a linear process from production and through to editing. I believed that my footage was like a slab of marble and that my purpose as an editor was to sculpt it down into the form that it was […]
Author: Heather
Heather Haynsen (Haynes) is a Video Production Specialist and OU VisCom alum. She lives in Baltimore with her husband, two cats and a failing vegetable garden.
Upwork Editing: DR12 Coffee Roaster
Upwork (formerly Elance) has been a great source of additional income for me over the past decade. I enjoy the breadth of projects available on the platform, and I never know what type of video I’ll be hired for next. This small job from Germany company Datgen Roasters took me […]
Honeymoon Photographs: Iceland (Reykjavik to Diamond Beach)
Matthew and I got into a bit of a debate whether I should bring my camera on our outdoor adventure of a honeymoon. The compromise was that we needed to enjoy our honeymoon first and foremost; photographs were a distant second priority. We discussed wanting to visit Iceland on one […]
Sometimes, I Don’t (Get to) Edit
In December, the same team that traveled to New Mexico for their School Marketing Video went to Oklahoma to film a short video on switching schools mid-year. All of our shoots were spread out in the suburbs, so most of what I remember from Oklahoma is the highway, but we […]
Another School Video + First Business Trip!
In early November I traveled with my manager and our marketing liaison to Albuquerque to film our last school marketing video of the year. The idea is to film one school event/field trip and to do B-Roll with a student at home, and that’s exactly what we did. The field trip […]
School Marketing Video and a New Job
Three days after I started with my new employer in September, I was asked to create a school marketing video from new footage, however I thought best, given only a few examples from which to model my edit. I (plus marketing, legal, and the school) think I did pretty ok. […]
Video Editing: Spiritual Fitness
Jeffrey and I connected through Upwork, and I edited the majority of the video lessons in his Spiritual Fitness class. What a wonderful experience! I do truly pay attention to content while editing, and I would often find myself following his exercises and completely losing my editor’s train of thought! […]
After Effections Animation: FTIR Spectroscopy For Your Application
This was the culmination of almost a year’s worth of work, often just thinking and imagining between other projects, and I’m beyond proud that I will finish my employment with this company on such a high note.
Highlight Reel: Super Art Fight All Killer No Filler
Let me start by saying I truly believe this project is cursed. Super Art Fight (SAF) published this today from an event on March 12, that they contacted me about in December/January-ish. This project is the first time I have experienced (or even heard of!) Premiere Pro corrupting every single […]
Video Editing: It’s Not Always Sexy
The majority of my editing work isn’t sexy, or even necessarily interesting. What I try to stress before starting any project is that a video should be necessary. When the best media to deliver a story is video, I’m your girl. Much of what I do at work is just […]