Step 6: More Editing & Re-Do

Throughout this process, I did random checks on the quality.  I created a few DVDs of what might be the final product...or perhaps prototypes...and ran through each DVD to check:  Are all of the films in the right order? Titles correct?  DVD Menu works?  With silent movies, it was not necessary to have the computer volume turned on (I normally have it off).  However, now that voiceovers were added, the quality review needed to also include the audio tracks.  

This review discovered two problems with the audio:

1. One of the videos was missing half of it's voiceover track. What the heck.  I loaded this up in iMovie and found, sure enough, somehow that particular audio track was missing.  We'll have to have Mom re-do the voiceover for this missing section
2. When I reviewed the slideshow videos, the voiceover tracks were there, but there was also some kinda music in the background.  What the heck.  There was no music playing when we recorded the voiceover tracks.  I read somewhere that iMovie has the ability to add stock audio tracks to your video projects.  I checked the settings to make sure this feature was turned off...it was.  So where did the music come from?  

iPhoto Slideshow showing Music Option

Since this background music only occurred in the slideshow videos, I went back further to the iPhoto app where the slideshows were originally created.  Viola!  Sure enough, iPhoto has a feature of adding background music to a slideshow...and that feature was ON.  So, turn that feature OFF; re-export the slideshow to a video file; re-load the file into iMovie; delete the old slideshow video; and synchronize the voiceover track with the new slideshow video.

During this whole process, I stumbled on a couple of raw video files which somehow missed getting into this project.  These happened to be the very earliest of 8mm movies made, so it was important to add these to the project.  They also required some minor edits and, of course, voiceovers.

So, back to Mom's to do some more voiceovers.

...and with all of the projects now accounted for, edited, and complete, it is time to go into production...I think.