Editing a three minute music video with iMovie = moderately difficult at first for a newbie, but gets easier before the project is finished; takes about one afternoon.

Editing a five minute short film with video footage, voice over, and music on Final Cut Express = not too bad with an expert's help, but once he leaves the scene it gets much more difficult when trying to accomplish tasks he did not show you how to do; takes several days.

While the latter is about ten times more frustrating, I am also finding it ten times more rewarding. I can't wait to show this video off. (Nathan, you really need to see this video - I think you'll like it.) For those of you who don't know, I am working on a detective parody for my final project in my Sight, Sound, and Motion class. Jolene (my partner) and I have pretty much oured ourselves into this thing. But I think it's good. And I think it's only going to get better from here on out.