Editing Pt VI

 

Today was our final day of editing and we began editing the final chorus. Originally we edited the sequence much to quick and had to re-edit each shot, as although we wanted this section to be the big finale, the original speed we edited the clips made it difficult to watch due to sudden and quick changes in costume and loaction.

The final chorus was much longer than the others in the song and so we needed to still keep variety, however without using too much of one or the other, this was something we wanted to make sure of when using split screens. We used very few with in the final chorus, however more than before. Including a split screen of the floor sequence. This was a horizontal split screen, meaning the clips ran across the frame rather than down like before (however, we then changed our mind about the edit and removed these from the final cut). We also used a four way split screen during the final chorus, they were each of the artist in different location, we had to crop the images so that all four could fit across the frame, this meant each shot was a small close up. We then had the clips enter the frame one at a time, to do this we staggered the slips on the timeline.

We also used match on action in the final chorus between two different dance sequences, one with the fire background and the second with the new kaleidascope background.

The final chorus was pretty basic in terms of editing, we did experiment with different effects such as tile, which tiled the clips in the frame, however this was too much along with quick edits. We also altered the vibrancy of some of the kaleidascope images by using the vibrancy effect and increasing the amount, this was due to the shots originally being much too pale compared to other shots in the chorus. .

We then exported our video from Final Cut Pro and then through Quicktime shared this video to Youtube. However, after watching the video on Youtube there are some issues we need to change and then re-upload the video.

I think this clip is too far away and the artist is lost in the
background, so I will scale the artist so she fills the frame
better, also some of the earlier fire shots, the colouring of
the artists skin is yellowed.
This is something I will try to fix later today.

I need to remove this clip from my Final Cut as

 it is repeatedly used and becomes repetitive. My

 final chorus consists of too many close ups,

I will experiment by adding some mid shots.

There were also issues with the white background shots.
The white background had not been scaled to fill the frame
and so occasionally you can see the edge of the frame.
I will need to go back over my clips and scale up the white
background.

During my editing I had forgotten to add a drop shadow
to these shots. This is something I need to do
otherwise the dancers look flat rather than 3D
which is what I want.

Whilst watching my Final Cut I noticed that you
 briefly see the edge of the artists arm. I will
need to scale her up to avoid this being on show
during my music video.

During my edit I didn't realise that this shot of the artists
 mouth is out of time. This will need to be fixed in
order to create a realistic and believeable music video.