Editing- Pace of editing

I have analysed a song similar to that of my chosen song. Ritual Union by Little Dragon has around 15 cuts within the first 0:30 seconds. The shots start of as being slow and long but they gradually build to be of a fast pace, with many shots being only a second long. It is all part of the mood and tone within the start of the music video. My track for my own music video has a beat of four- so I should aim for my shots to either last for four seconds, or to have four one second shots dependant on the style and editing point in my music video. As I am currently in the editing process I will keeep this in mind when cutting my film into shots.

First View of Footage

I viewed my footage I had shot for the first time today. I have spent some time trying to organise the seperate shots within the software of Final Cut. I have been firstly cutting them into sections which are usable, and secondly renaming them to distinguish between them . There are many to rename and cut so this has taken a fair while. However I hope that once all of my shots have been renamed it will be very beneficial to my editing process in the way that I will be able to pick and choose the shots without playing them all. I am aware that my editing process is going to take a long time as I plan to have a large number of shots which will make the editing complex, however I feel this is needed to make my music video effective and smooth looking.

Review of Filming day 2

The second day of filming I completed today was alongside my artists who were acting within the shots. I didn't ask them to go to any extreme lengths in acting, but they proved to be confident and relaxed on screen. My idea behind my music video features two friends on a journey of discovery and friendship. I have found that allot of student made music videos end up looking unrealistic and unproffesional if the acting becomes too involved. I aimed to keep my music video mostly concept based so this does not include much character involvement within a narrative. I am aiming for a stylistic look to my music video that fits well within the genre.

Here are a few stills from the second day of filming. My favourite shots were probably of Zoe and Gemma in mid shots with the waves in the background, these shots look effortless and care free which is the effect I was aiming for. The only downside to this day of filming was the weather, it turned out to be very gloomy and heavily covered with clouds. I am worried about there being a large continuity error when I compile together the footage from both days. However I may be able to brighten these shots from this day to avoid this and avoid loosing the 'happy' atmosphere I intended.

Review of Filming day 1

On the first day of filming I have been experimenting with filming the nature focused shots I have planned. This day was meant to encompass all of my filming but due to complications with my artists I have been forced to split the filming over two days to get all the shots I need. The weather was ideal today and I managed to aqquire allot of warm looking shots to intersperse with the footage of my artists. I mainly filmed leaves, trees and waves in macro shots which pull the focus onto these aspects of nature. I hope that if edit these to be in a quick succesion of cuts and look effective in time to the chords of the music.

Here are a few stills from the first day of filming. My favourite shots of the day were the shots that focused on the waves. I hope to also keep some of the audio from these shots to use as an intro. If I faded from black into a shot of the waves, keeping the crashing water sound and then fading into the music it could look very proffesional and effective.