A2 Media Studies - Editing Process

1. EDITING PROCESS:
TEARS OF A CLOWN
Brett Moore

2. ■ For this shot I wanted to make it look as if my character
was walking on to the stage primarily by walking into a
light. Before the editing process (as has been depicted to
the right) the image was very dull and lacked any style I felt
and so initially I decided to add a black and white effect
onto the image. Although the image was still stylistic I still
felt as though it did not have the impact I had hoped and
so I decided to experiment with lens flares and different
types of lens effects until I finally decided on the above
image because I felt this encompassed all of the stylistic
attributes I aspired to create as well as providing the
semiotics intended for the shot.

3. ■ The above shot is pivotal because it incorporates the key meaning making
attributed within my music video with the blending of the black and which as
the isolation of the colour red showing with the black and white suggesting
depression and the red flashes suggesting the binary opposite of love and
hate, something that is particularly relevant considering the lyrics and
indeed meaning behind the song to which the blurring of love and hate is
particularly prevalent. To achieve this therefore a black and white edit was
put onto the original footage as has been done throughout the video as well
as adding the leave colour effect to which allows for the isolation of the red.
By ensuring the amount to decolour is at 100% and the tolerance as low as
32% it has allowed me to be much more precise with the amount of red on
show, to which a higher tolerance would have exposed background colouring
as well as the actors hair to which would have resulted in a much less
powerful and meaningful moment. Additionally I edited the brightness so
that the footage is much darker and indeed more depressive as not only will
the correlate with the videos semiotics but it also allows for the red to stand
out more and isolate much more effectively.

4. ■ The next most important aspect of the editing process of
my music video is the video transitions used particularly
in the above section to which is a guitar solo and arguably
the focal point of my music video. I have decided to
primarily use the film dissolve and cross dissolve video
transition edits because I feel that this helps to develop
the pace of the video placing emphasis on the notion of
time running out to which correlates with constant cross
cutting the a shot of a sand timer. Although this maybe
seen as a ‘lazy’ editing style by using just two transition
types but this is a stylistic decision with regards to the
aforementioned video pacing. I have also decided to opt
out of the use of a transition edit on multiple shots as I
feel the lack of edit is much more effective with regards
to the creation of meaning making moments as these
shots will have a harder hitting effect. During this section
the leave colour edit has once again been used
proficiently.