Editing the footage from the studio

We ran into a problem as soon as we began the editing process, as the footage obtained using the advanced cameras that we used to film this section of our video was not compatible with Adobe Premiere Pro 2, an old version of the software, and did not play on the computer monitors. As this was the only software that was available to us, we had to convert our footage into smaller AVI files which worsened the quality. This made the footage viewable on the school computers, however the resolution was still too high which made the footage incredibly jumpy and glitchy, making it impossible to watch and edit. As a result of this we had to worsen the quality of our footage a number of times until the glitchiness was no longer such an issue, however this worsening of quality was not to the extent that the footage was no longer of a high enough standard; we were finally able to begin the editing process.

As we began to cut up and lip sync our footage, it became almost immediately became apparent to all of us that the simple cutting of shots and filters that we used to edit our AS Level thrillers was not going to be adequate for this project, as we created a flowing and cohesive video in a very short length of time. This allowed us to experiment further with our creativity and add more daring effects to our video.

We began by putting filters on the shots to give them an interesting effect by altering the colours. This will help to maintain the interest of the viewer as they are less likely to be bored by repetitive, plain studio shots due to the great variation in the images shown, despite the shots being the very similar.

 This shot was in fact rather simple to produce, as all we did was overlap a shot of the performers silhouette over an extreme close up shot of her singing the lyrics. The reason that we are able to see both images clearly is due to the opacity of the long shot being reduced. This shot is effective as we are able to see the performers body, allowing for the male gaze that is drawn in by so many music videos, while still being able to see what she is singing.

 This is a snapshot of the cross fade transition between two shots. This is simply to retain the viewers undivided attention by continuously showing new images, and interesting ways of presenting them.

This is probably the most effective editing we have produced in the first half of our video, as the two images presented on either side of the screen are from identical shots, however one is in black and white and a close up, and the other is in colour and an extreme close up. The viewer is unlikely to notice that these shots are the identical, making this an excellent way of utilising our footage and the editing tools.