Editing - what went right and what needed changing

1. Describe how you have tackled the editing process?

The editing process has been pretty smooth as I have grasped the concept of using final cut express from last year well. To refresh my editing skills, before I began editing my own music video piece I tried lip syncing on a previous students work which meant that when it came to doing my own piece I understood how to do it correctly. Once I had completed all editing I realised I had another problem which was that I had begun editing my shots along with my track over 30 seconds through the timeline, this was simply fixed by highlighting all of my work and dragging it back to the beginning.

2. What are the three most important decisions you have made whilst editing?

Whilst editing I have made various important decisions, however the ones that stand out to me most would be the lip syncing, the narrative perspective and also the visual metaphors. I needed to make sure I had a good clear visual metaphor for the audience, so I decided to use shots such as the boy texting the girl whilst they were clearly separated from eachother, I also wanted to show that the girl was having fun on holiday but at the same time always thinking about her boyfriend so I edited an image of him so that he appears in the sky when the sun shines through which I was happy with.I think the narrative perspective worked quite well with my track, the song is called 'Im Yours' which suggests to me a couple in love, so my narrative was a couple who were separated due to a holiday, but who were constantly on eachothers minds.The lip syncing was extremely important for me as I felt it is a key concept of a music video, there were certan shots I had filmed which iI as unable to use due to inaccuracy or a object/person in the shot which broke the mise en scene which I was trying to create. I decided that I needed to shoot the shot I really wanted to use again but also because I filmed with various angles I was able to use these aswell.

3. What went well whilst editing?

The thing that went best whilst I was editing would have to be editing specifc shots to the exact length I wanted them to be, I was able to use the razor tool to achieve this and it meant that I was also easily able to move about and place different pieces in different places on my timeline to create my music video narrative.

4. What was your biggest hurdle whilst editing?

The biggest problem I had whilst editing was probably making sure the whole narrative flowed properly, my original storyboard was the base of my music video but throughout my filming I changed certain aspects of it because I had a better idea or was no longer able to use a certain location, which meant I was running on an adjusted narrative, although I knew which shots were being replaced with new ones.