EDITING PROCESS AND ANALYSIS

I will be using final cut pro to edit my music video. I have documented my editing process throughout the previous weeks, using different techniques such as overlaying, colour correcting, cutting clips, changing speed, and constructing my story board.

POEM AUDIO AND CLIPS

At the beginning of my music video the artist is presented in the mode of audio, reciting a poem. I took the audio of the artist reciting the poem, changed it into an MP3 file, so I was able to work with the file on final cut. I then altered the volume and texture to the audio, this is so the audio sounds clean and professional to the audience, i did his by using the tool on final cut which allows me alter the sound and texture.

After I cut and pasted some of the unwanted audio form the poem, I placed the clips of the main protagonists on top of my audio, to start the story board. I used the 'import' tool to import the files from my DSR camera to final cut. I then took the clips that I found useful and which were applicable to my original story board, so the video matched my initial visual idea. When I imported the files into final cut, I found that the light was harsh, so i used the colour correction tool to change the brightness of the clip

OVER LAYING 

I have created some overlaying shots at the beginning of my music video. I selected a master clip and pasted it where I desired the clip to go, then I took the clip which i was going to layer over the top of the master clip to create this effect. I duplicated the layering clip and used the flip tool, in the template section, to morph the image of my actor, this is what gives the mirror like effect to the shot shown at the beginning of my music video. In order to create the overlaying effect i changed the opacity of both layering clips onto the master clip.

I used the layering technique through out the video. As you can form the screen shot represented to the left, I have used the layering technique for the narrative clips of the music video. I feel that this technique work for this scene as it represent's the characters thoughts and feelings. This technique is used in films and music video to portray how a person feels or what they are thinking about. In this case the character is thinking about his encounter with the cross dresser, and his thoughts contemplating his own decision to cross dress. 

CROPPING AND KERNING

Cropping and kerning can be used to focus on a certain object or zoom in on a certain situation. I have used the cropping and zooming tool to zoom in and put emphasis on a scene. It is easy to adjust a zoom or cropping a video clip, by using the tools on the top right hand corner to manage the effects put in place. 

COLOUR CORRECTING | MATCHING COLOUR

When I filmed my music video, unfortunately there was some discolouration. I filmed my music video on different days, at different times which is easily recognisable from watching the footage back. However, ignored to fix this problem i have used the colour matching tool and the colour card tool to match the colours, and the lightening tool to adjust the brightness of my music video.

  By matching the colours, this gives the impression that I filmed the video clips on the same day with the same lighting set up. There are a lot of scenes to my music video, so it is inevitable that I had to film on different days. Take for example this screen shot, i have used the colour matching tool to match the colours of two clips that come after each other through out the duration of my music video.

LETTER BOXING 

I have been researching into editing techniques used in music video, the most common feature applied to music videos is the latter box feature. This gives a more cinematic and legitimate feel to the music video. Most narrative music videos have a letter box border, as this adds a more film like vibe to the music video. I have decided to apply a letter box border to my music video. I have used the tools in final cut to adjust the height and width of the letter bow tool. 

I also changed the offset of the video, as when I applied the letter box feature i found that it cut off the image of the shot to much. By changing the offset of the image I was able to still capture the image successfully.