Edit evaluation

After the shoot day and we had all the footage we used adobe premier pro which is an editing software to edit our footage of our music video.

We moved all our footage from the camera using a USB stick and then created a file called footage containing all of our footage.

We then looked through all the clips we had filmed and rejected one or two that we knew we definitely didn't want to use as they either didn't look right for the style of our video or because the camera angle/movement wasn't good enough. We then named all of our footage for example 'Close up blue' this shows it was a shot from the blue set we used and what type so we knew what we had to use and made it a lot easier to edit instead of clicking on the footage to see what it was every time. The first thing we put on the timeline was the music track:

so we could sync all the footage later. The timeline was a layer to order the material and soundtrack together so when editing you could go back and change things but most importantly see what was there.

We then synced all of the footage to the music track using playback which we used on the shoot day every time we would do a take so we can sync the time on the timeline to the time on the ipad in terms of the song so that all the footage and lip syncing matched.

Once we had started the editing process we could drag the shots we wanted to use all along the time line and then at the exact moment we wanted to cut we could  use the cutting tool which on adobe premier pro was a shortcut 'c' and the snapping tool so that you could cut exactly on the beat of the song and then move the part of the clip you didn't want to the end of the timeline and cut another one to merge in with the first. We did this to all the footage with the blue set and called it our 'rough cut'.

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Once we were happy with the 'rough cut' considering music video conventions including  making sure we didn't jump from a wide shot to a close up quickly but worked from wide to mid to close to make sure it flowed. We then created a second layer with a better version of all the blue material from our first set. We then copy and pasted this cut on to a new one keeping all our original material incase we had to go back to it we then did the same thing we did for the pink material looking through material and naming shots. We then cut and edited these as a second layer on to our third cut.

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We then looked copy and pasted the new cut  and edited  the beauty shots on top of the existing blue and pink material.

We then copy and pasted our most updated version of all the material in to one last final cut where we tidied things and up and moved things around using early audience feedback to change things and make them the best product we can. We then colour graded our final cut making the colours stand out giving a more 3 Dimensional effect. Below shows all the different cuts we had as we kept on layering the footage on top of the original rough cut which acted as our base layer.

I have approached the editing process as positively as possible so that we could create the image we had in our minds of the way our music video will look. I tried to keep calm and work as well with my group as possible so that we are all contributing our strengths and not time wasting when we are editing but just doing as much as we can. I found finding some particular shots to match our smooth feel for the music video difficult as our actress had some takes where she forgot the words in the middle so we had to cut accordingly. The edit of our music video has been very different to our thriller because for our thriller we were chosing very different shots to create a story line therefore they could jump more however in our music video we wanted a smooth effect and we used many slow motion shots so we couldn't jump as much and had to cut on the beats of the song. The thriller also didn't have any dialogue in it therefore we didn't need to sync the footage as the music video is edited around the soundtrack which is completely different to the video. However for the music video it was much easier to cut because we had many of the same shots that we could cut together and work with.

What went well was the combination
of all of the elements with the slow pace made it easier to have a structure as there was no narrative therefore we were free in choosing how we wanted the shots to look together. If I was to repeat the editing process I would use more CGI effects in the later stages of the editing process to make it fit with our dreamy theme more then just the way it has been cut.

Through the editing process our idea did develop as although there was no narrative, we used our favourite slow motion shots below as a structure for all of the elements.The slow motion shot started with her eyes closed and throughout the video she turned her head more and more until the end where the shot finished merging together with her head completely turned. This made our video much more structured and less random and gave the audience something to focus on.

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