Editing screenshots

1. Estelle Naughton
Evidence of Editing
I edited my music video in Premier software, which I was new to using yet I was able
to gain experience and knowledge of using Premier. Below, are some printscreens of
how I applied effects, edited my music video and the ways in which I carried out this
process.
When using Adobe Premier, we had to import
our clips into the timeline. By going on the file
option at the top, I was able to import clips to add
and build upon the narrative. Being able to do
this adds length and more depth to the narrative
as a range of clips can be imported and then
arranged around the song. By adding the clips in
groups, it enabled the editing process to be
easier and allowed the flow of the music video to
develop.
When creating our videos, we placed our clips
into the timeline we used the visual only so that
the musical score wasn’t over ridden. By doing
this, it allowed us to drag and drop the footage
into the timeline which ensured fewer mistakes
and making the production of the video, easier.
I used the razor tool to cut and shorten the
lengths of the clips to correspond with the beats
and lyrics of the song. The razor tool was
essential to use whilst constructing my music
video as I was able to cut and rearrange the
clips. The razor tool was used consistently
throughout the creation process of my music
video.
Here you can see a moving establishing shot of
Manchester’s skyline taken with a HD video camera.
This footage was then uploaded into Premier when
constructing a rough edit, the clip had a black and
white effect placed on it to suggest the genre of the
music video, band and song. After this, we put the
effect of ‘Barn doors’ onto the establishing and
opening shot as I believe it would allow an insight to
Manchester and demonstrate the setting to the
audience with a transition. I also believe that the
transition works well with the moving clip as it
continues the same ideas and looks as simple, yet
effective, than the other effects. The ‘Barn doors’
effect, located in the video transitions folder, best
suited this clip at the beginning as it is somewhat
simple and is an example of the editing which is to be
expected by the audience.

2. The consistent piece of editing throughout our music
video is the black and white effect placed on all
imagery and clips used throughout the video which
indicate and demonstrate the genre of the video,
song and band. Before applying any effects to any
piece of footage, I looked through all the editing
effects available on the software, I knew I wanted to
use a black and white effect throughout the video,
and by looking through the editing effects before
looking for the one I wanted, it allowed easier access
and knowledge of where the effects were for later
usage. I found the black and white effect within the
sub folder of video effects, to which I then applied to
each individual clip as I went along the editing
process and constructing my music video to see if the
clip looked okay in black and white, if not, I was able
to find an alternative clip. One locating the black and
white effect, I dragged it onto the timeline at the
bottom showing the continuous edit which then
transformed the clip from colour into black and white.
I continued to do this for every piece of footage, to
display continuity and keep the narrative consistency.
On the left you can see the original clip without any
editing effects placed on it, and despite losing the
vibrancy of the colours when putting a black and
white effect on the clip, I believe the vividness of the
colours are still able to come through within the
narrative when the clip is in black and white.
The additive dissolve was used briefly in one clip at
the beginning of the music video, this was to
foreshadow the events displayed later on in the
narrative and using the same clip. This effect was
located in the video transitions file, in the sub folder
dissolve and I dragged the additive dissolve onto
the clip on the timeline. This enabled a quick
turnaround in the events of narrative, allowing a
preview of the ending of the narrative.
By marking in and out the clips we was able to
watch the overall clip and then adapt the length and
amount of the clip we wanted to use, this reduced
the change of cutting the wrong clip.

3. As you can see, I have used a multitude of editing techniques whilst producing my
music video to enhance the quality and ensure the video can live up the its full
potential.
By slowing down the footage used as shown, I
was able to add a depth to the narrative of the
music video. It allowed a slower, more mellow
feel to the video when clips were slowed down
which corresponded to the song.
On the flipside, I was able to speed clips up to
ensure a level of diversity to the music video
when compared with the slowed down shots.
This corresponds with the tempo of the song
and allowed a different feeling to the narrative.
At the end of the video, we produced credits to say
thank you to the main actors who were involved and
then included the production team. We used still
titles instead of rolling titles as it represented out
video and the overall narrative and were still within
the beats of the song. The still titles show the
stationed and expected part of their relationship and
then reinforce the shock of the ending of the
narrative, which is foreshadowed in the beginning.