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So, I figured it was time to share the great news! At the end of August I had my monthly one-to-one meeting with my manager at work where we discuss how I’m doing, goals for the next month, etc. It was there that he dropped the bomb that they were hiring new Pas and he was going to do everything in his power to find TWO new Pas, so both the current Senior PA and myself could move up to be a junior editor. Now for those that don’t know, that’s kind of been the whole point of this job for me! Put my time in at the low end so I could eventually be an editor and gain that experience. This originally wasn’t supposed to happen until January at the EARLIEST, and potentially longer. I just assumed this was still true as August was such a slow month and there didn’t seem to be enough work to be hiring on extra people.

Then, on September 23^rd, I found out they found the right people and I was going to become an editor!!! I can even tell you how ecstatic I was. It really was a delightful shock. I’ve been at eDv for a little over 10 months now…Its really, really rare to move up in anything under a year, let alone two people at the same time (or so several coworkers who’ve been there a while told me). I didnt even have to be senior PA! The promotion came at the perfect time too, when I was just getting so fed up/bored as a PA. I mean, I didn’t get my masters degree to spend my hours scanning photos! I need that creative challenge and mental puzzle that animating brought me at my last job… editing will certainly bring it here. This job will have a lot higher degree of satisfaction I think to… I’ll get to produce and then see firsthand family’s reactions to the film I’ve made them. Its something they will keep for years and years to come, passing down generations even! It will be neat to be a part of that.

So last Monday, October 5^th, was my first day! I have 2 weeks of cumulative training time. I’ve jumped right in and am doing practice edits for Silver level projects, timing myself to see how long it takes, and getting feedback from my supervisor and stuff that’s good and what to improve. And it’s safe to say I LOVE it! The day just flies by. Not to mention it is so, SO nice to have my own desk again. Anyways, this week was cut unfortunately short by a client’s need to have an urgent photo sort done at her house. So I spent Thurs/Fri  at her house in London (or should I say mini-mansion complete with maids and personal assistants running around!), and will most likely spend Mon, Tues, Wed there as well putting her 11,000 family photos in chronological order, then making selections for 3 albums, a media edit, a collage, and photo installation. Sheesh! Bad timing if you ask me. Ah well, fun stuff awaits on the other end of finishing this project up! So more to come later on how I’m finding my new role.

Last weekend (the weekend before I started), I decided I should give Avid (the editing software my company uses) a go for practice! Anything to give myself a little bit of a head start. I’ve done editing in the past at university, but it’s been 3+ years since I used Avid to any extent, and over a year since I did any basic editing on any software. So I decided to take my random point-and-shoot videos from my camera for the past year as well as some associated still photos and have a go at editing them together using some of the styles I’ve seen used at work.  I thought it would be fun to share what I came up with here. Enjoy!

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