{"id":40257,"date":"2014-05-09T13:48:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T17:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=40257"},"modified":"2014-05-09T13:50:35","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T17:50:35","slug":"video-editing-behind-the-scenes-saturday-night-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/video-editing-behind-the-scenes-saturday-night-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Editing Behind-the-Scenes: Saturday Night Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"think-youve-worked-under-some-tight-deadlines-try-cutting-a-complex-spot-for-saturday-night-live-roughly-24-hours-before-it-airs\">Think you&#8217;ve worked under some tight deadlines? Try cutting a complex spot for Saturday Night Live, roughly 24 hours before it airs.<\/h2>\n<p>SNL&#8217;s &#8216;<strong>The Beygency<\/strong>&#8216; has exploded online over the last week. The spot is\u00a0a faux film trailer based on a fictionalized government agency that enforces positive fandom toward Beyonce &#8211; <em>really, you&#8217;ve just got to see it.\u00a0<\/em>High production value, great plays on trailer cliches and loads of laughs&#8230;it&#8217;s no wonder it&#8217;s been an online hit. Take a look:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rGxe83lXgJg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But what we love even more than the spot itself, is getting a behind-the-scenes look at how it was created&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fast Company Beyonce SNL\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcocreate.com\/3030383\/heres-how-much-editing-work-and-how-little-time-was-involved-in-snls-epic-beyonce-sketch\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">FastCompany recently got some feedback<\/a> from the editor of the spot,\u00a0<a title=\"Adam Epstein\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm5902200\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Adam Epstein<\/a>. Starting at 4pm on Friday afternoon the <strong>video editing<\/strong> team worked around the clock to get the spot ready for air on Saturday night. In fact, <strong>the video wasn&#8217;t even finalized until <em>after <\/em>it aired<\/strong>, with the final tweaks being made for the online version. <em>Editors take note: the crew from SNL is using Premiere Pro.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a timelapse of the editing in action, along with corresponding time clock. If you ever feel overwhelmed by a deadline in the edit bay &#8211; it could always be harder, right?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/94122880?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=8fbecc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think you&#8217;ve worked under some tight deadlines? 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