Finally, after all the struggles that I had in trying to finalize the retreat video, I’m able to export it as one movie. I’m just grateful to those people who researched and responded to my facebook status and helped me fix the “there’s no enough room in the heapzone” problem. I feel so relieved that I finally finished this project but I have to admit, I miss it. I’ve been doing nothing but this project for two weeks straight and now that it’s done, I don’t have anything else to do. LOL! And despite all the struggles, I did enjoy the process of editing and creating the video. It was the first time that I truly felt the spirit of being a craftsman.
Editing is a tiring process. Imagine going through 2,000+ pictures plus watching 6 video clips with an average of 10-20 minutes each. There’s actually one afternoon when I ended up having headache and feeling a bit nauseous for watching all the video clips because most of them were a bit shaky. I had to stop and not edit for the rest of the night. I literally felt dizzy every time I watch any kind of video with some sort of dissolving transition on it.
There were also quite a few times when I ran out of idea. But whenever I feel like giving up, God simply puts my worries to rest. Once evening passed and morning came, I’ll have new visions on what to do and how to continue. It’s like a way of God telling me that all that I needed to do is rest. Rest and be still. He’ll provide me fresh and new ideas the next day. And He always does though sometimes, I doubt if He’ll do.
Although I invested a lot of time and really worked hard, I have to say.. I can’t take any credit from this video. I know that it was God who directed everything. What I really have is nothing but the amazing experience of working for Him as His editor. And though I did the editing, I would consider this video as a group project made possible through my church family. The pictures that I had wasn’t merely from my own camera. It was a collaboration of the pictures that Pedro, Candy, Jaimee, My mom, Tita Olive, Agnes, Jay, Leena & Richard took from the retreat. The videos were taken by Andre using His GoPro Video Cam and Jay helped me shoot the testimony videos. And most of all, those people in the pictures.. those amazing candid shots won't be made possible without those amazing smiles and unplanned poses made by people from the retreat. Actually, I’m amazed that the visions that I had were compensated by the resources given to me. And the videos from Andre’s Go pro… Unbelievable! It was like God directed Andre during the retreat to look at certain directions so he’d be able to shoot this clip, and that clip to fit perfectly in the video. I’m still in awe now that I’m thinking about it.
Oh and the testimonies! The testimonies that my church family gave are amazing. The moment I sort through the clips for the testimonies, I can’t help but feel the unity and oneness that we all have. It’s like people were saying different things but the moment that I tried to collaborate them in one testimony, pieces of their statements just fit together. Even parts of the videos fit perfectly with some of their statements. I don’t know how to explain it. It’s just amazing. Even the way that Jay shoot some of them were amazing.
I just feel so blessed. I’ll never forget the experience that I had in the process of creating this video. It was one of those moments when I truly poured out my heart in a craft and felt God’s hands guide me through it. If God will give me another opportunity to create another video such as this, I’d definitely do it. It might be tiring and frustrating at times but it’s all worth it.
Lastly, I just pray that people would hear God’s voice through the message that He had imparted through this video. And hopefully, they too, will be blessed. :)
