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The Window (pt 1)
"Goodnight Lucy," I said as I returned my gaze towards the bright screen in front of me. Lucy, my housemate, hummed in reply before she retreated into our room, closing the door behind her.
It was a Friday night – well, technically Saturday morning. I glanced at the time in the bottom right of my laptop's screen, the time showing 2:30 AM. I let out an exhausted sigh, pushing myself away from the table as I lightly stretched my arms. I looked around at the living room where I sat.
It was dark, only the light from the kitchen illuminating the small hallway that led to the door; the second bathroom and another room located by its side. I lived in an apartment-like hostel with nine other girls; Lucy, Anne, Alyssa, Hazel, Jade, Rebecca, Fawn, Nicole, Avery, and myself. And each room was divided into 4:4:2 between us.
I was up this late because I was editing a video for Jade; it was an assignment video that has to be submitted by next week. I was almost done with the video – I only had to edit a few minutes of behind the scenes bloopers so it was interesting for the lecturer to watch.
Being one of the few people who knew her way around technology, Jade had asked me to burn her video into a disk earlier that day, and I accepted her request. I even went the extra mile to edit her bloopers seeing as I didn't have anything to do – well as recovering from a sprained ankle. And it was also because I love editing.
It was a sort of passion that I discovered earlier this year – which was mainly because of how I admire YouTubers edit their videos, the way they added certain effects and amazing sounds, funny clip inserts and creative intros and outros, just so they can create their channel's content for people around the world to enjoy. I was always inspired by these YouTubers; they sacrificed a few hours in their day to record and edit their videos. Some hire an editor, but majority of these creators self-edit their videos.
It was the type of inspiration that had pushed me to dive into the YouTube creator community a few months ago. I had created a few videos that would be enjoyable for people to see, but most importantly it was worth spending time on as these videos I made would eat my day, sometimes a week to finish. However, I rarely update my channel as I didn't have a good laptop to begin with.
The device I'm currently using is a standard student...
It was a Friday night – well, technically Saturday morning. I glanced at the time in the bottom right of my laptop's screen, the time showing 2:30 AM. I let out an exhausted sigh, pushing myself away from the table as I lightly stretched my arms. I looked around at the living room where I sat.
It was dark, only the light from the kitchen illuminating the small hallway that led to the door; the second bathroom and another room located by its side. I lived in an apartment-like hostel with nine other girls; Lucy, Anne, Alyssa, Hazel, Jade, Rebecca, Fawn, Nicole, Avery, and myself. And each room was divided into 4:4:2 between us.
I was up this late because I was editing a video for Jade; it was an assignment video that has to be submitted by next week. I was almost done with the video – I only had to edit a few minutes of behind the scenes bloopers so it was interesting for the lecturer to watch.
Being one of the few people who knew her way around technology, Jade had asked me to burn her video into a disk earlier that day, and I accepted her request. I even went the extra mile to edit her bloopers seeing as I didn't have anything to do – well as recovering from a sprained ankle. And it was also because I love editing.
It was a sort of passion that I discovered earlier this year – which was mainly because of how I admire YouTubers edit their videos, the way they added certain effects and amazing sounds, funny clip inserts and creative intros and outros, just so they can create their channel's content for people around the world to enjoy. I was always inspired by these YouTubers; they sacrificed a few hours in their day to record and edit their videos. Some hire an editor, but majority of these creators self-edit their videos.
It was the type of inspiration that had pushed me to dive into the YouTube creator community a few months ago. I had created a few videos that would be enjoyable for people to see, but most importantly it was worth spending time on as these videos I made would eat my day, sometimes a week to finish. However, I rarely update my channel as I didn't have a good laptop to begin with.
The device I'm currently using is a standard student...
