Editing Our Music Video

We have started to edit our music video togther and have come up with a clever way of achieving the fast cutting, to the beat editing we wanted. The idea involves getting all the takes of our performance and stacking them up in the timeline while also being in sync with the music. This way we can scroll through and be aware of all the footage we have at that particular part of the song. Moreover, using the razor tool we can cut up all of these clips on the beat of the song before deciding on the final shots. This allows us to simply delete the clips of the song we dont want, thus leaving the ones we do.

The edit has been going very well and we have been picking intervals in the song to edit together. We chose not to start from the beginning and finish on the end but rather work from the points in the song we feel most comfortable with. We happened to start with the day to night transition - a crucial moment in our video where the energy in the performance explodes!

The editing within the group is very even and we have all got our hands on the mouse aswell as given input in to our thoughts on how we want the video to look and play out. The great way about the way we edit (as mentioned above) is the fact that while one person may have his hand on the mouse, he's doing the same amount of work as the person sitting next to him. This is because they both have the same input in to what clips to keep and what to get rid of while the person at the computer simly deletes the unwanted clips. This has turned the edit in to a discussion which has really helped the development of our music video as all the group members are getting an equal say on how they want the video to look and also putting their stamp on the video itself.