I love my friends.
I love them enough to dress up all in black and go dance the chorus to a K-pop song out in public with them. Several times.

Two full days of dancing in various locations. I was really surprised when Wal-Mart let us film. Through out the day, we had people come up and tell us about how entertaining we were. Uh, thanks? Guess I didn't suck as bad as I thought.

Next came to the editing, which fell to me. (damn you aid class for coming in handy, you win this round) Kat and Nicole were a big help here, making sure the sound lined up and giving me a lot of good suggestions. I can even see Kat getting into editing herself.
I had thought to use Premiere Pro, or even After Effects for the editing, but we ran into a snag with that. Seems those programs don't like to use MOD files, which is what came off the camcorder. I was looking for a program to convert them to a usable format, when I found a program that would change my life! Well, not that. But it was amazing still. I've always loved Corel programs, but they've really impressed me with Corel VideoStudio.
I downloaded the 30 day trail and went to work. The MOD files loaded in perfectly, and I even got the mp3s to work. I did not have to convert the files like I usually had to with the Adobe programs.
I know that I might have been using them wrong or missing something, oh well.
Anyway, the UI was simple and easy. Cropping was nice. Lots of layers for various sounds and music. I love this program. So much so that I might want to buy it later.
Back to the video. We rendered it in HD for youtube and submitted it last night. Now we just have to wait for a week to see the results. The winners get 5 autographed CDs and the group's performance outfits. (wonder if they wash them first?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd3Qx76cS_8