Heck no you didn't fail. You learned a couple things that didn't work, but you kept going. Awesome book to read, that will change most peoples perspective on failure - Failing Forward by John Maxwell.
Video editing software - lightworks has a free version you have to register on their site https://www.lwks.com and login to the software for licensing but it's free. It is a full-featured video editor, that is fairly easy to use, with most of the features of the high-end software's. Plus, it has tons of step by step videos on how to do just about anything you want.
Dude, I have the same benches in my yard, I think it's in the background on the Papa P contest photo.