Editing my music video: Trimming, adding transitions, and adjusting the sound

 After I finished filming the last few scenes of my music video, I began editing. The first thing I did was edit the music so that it fit the 58-60 second time limit. I had already decided which parts of the song I was going to use, but just needed to edit the music so that these changes were applied. I began by cutting out the first ten seconds of the song. I then adjusted the volume of the ending of the song so that it sounded as if the song had ended, as opposed to having the music sound as if it was cut off abruptly. Next, I attached and trimmed the scenes together so that they would make a cohesive music video. As I filmed the music video on my phone, the scenes shot automatically uploaded to google photos. I then was able to open google photos on my computer and export the scenes to the editing software, OpenShot editor. For several of the scenes, we started filming many seconds before the music would actually start. As a result, I had to trim at least 10 seconds off of each scene. I then adjusted the volume of each scene to 0% so that the music from the song, "Rich Girl," would not have any interference from external sound. After this was complete, I edited the transitions between scenes 2 and 3 and scenes 16 and 17. This transition was supposed to have a dreamy effect, so that it looked as though the actor was thinking of what they would do if they were wealthy or a rich girl. The editing software that I used had a tool that allowed one to insert transitions such as a wipe or dissolve, so that it looked as though the scene dissolved into the other scene. This process took a long time to complete, and after playing around with several of the effects, I decided that the fade transition looked the best. After filming the scenes at the mall, I found that they went a bit over the time limit I had in place, so I ended up not filming the scene with another person painting my nails. As a result, I had to adjust the time of the mall scenes so that they fit in with the other scenes. Although this may seem as though it would make the editing process go faster, it did the opposite. As I already had a schedule in place, the length of the mall scenes disrupted my schedule and led to me playing around with the length of each of the scenes within this segment. In addition to using these editing techniques, I decided to see if I could include subtitles within my music video. I am not sure if they will be long enough or coordinate with the scene, since the scene that they would go with is only about 1-2 seconds long. I also have yet to figure out how the subtitles work, as the editor that I am using automatically includes a solid color background behind the subtitles. I tried watching a video online that outlines how to include subtitles, however, the video is outdated. If I can not find out how to add subtitles I will leave the music video as it is.