1. Title
Crossfade
Overlaidvideos
Bokeh
Splitscreen
At the end
Crossfade
Dipto black
To create the openingquote andtitle we overlaidthe textusingthe title settings.We usedaserif fontaswe
wanteditto lookprofessionalandformal andusedwhite asitcontrastedwiththe blackof the opening
scene.
Whenwe had done thiswe used dip-to-blacksothatthe quote wouldgraduallydissolveintoshotandthen
usedcross-fade sothatthe title graduallyfadedoutandinto‘HOLD ME DOWN’.Also,tocreate atmosphere
we includeddiegeticsoundof the bathrunningwhilstthe title page wasinshotwhichthenfadedoutinto
the non-diegeticsoundof the music.
We alsoincludedacrossfade of the bokehlightswhichthenfocusshiftsintoanestablishingshotof the Arendale
building.Thisallowedthe videotosmoothlycrosscuttoa differentscene.
To establishafriendshipbetweenthe twosubjectswe includedsplitscreentoalsoshow thatone anotherare
meetingeachother.
To editoutvideowe usedpremierprowhichallowedustoprofessionallyputtogetherandcreate differenteffectsthat
we haven’tusedbefore.
2. Reverse speed
Overlaidvideos
Crossfade
Slow motion
Fast forward
Reverse speed
Repeatedvideos
to indicate
flashback
In orderto indicate thatthe subjectishaving flashbacks,we includedsome abstractvideosthatwe made
overlayingthe same videooverone another,andthenreversingone videoandslowingdownanotherusing
speed/duration.
By usingthe same ideathat we usedearlierinthe video,we repeatedthe videoof characterone inthe bath from
whenshe isseenafterthe robbery,andthenreverseditandputit duringthe smokingscene.We alsoreversedthe
videoof character 4 smokingtoindicate itisa flashbackfurtherandadhere tothe ideathat our musicvideois
fragmentedanddisorientatednarrative enigma.
Duringthe last fewshotsat the endof the video,we sloweddownthe videosinthe nightclub.This wassothatit
reflectedthe disorientationfeltbythe firstpersonview,beingcharacterone,fromdrinkinganddancing.Thishelped
make the videomore fragmentedaswe alsoincludedsome outof focusshotsaswell whichaddedtothiseffect. At
the end of the videowe fastforwardedthe shotonthe stairs sothat we couldkeepall the videosintime withthe
beat.Thisallowedfora smoothchange overfromcrosscuts,cutawaysand jumpcuts happeningthroughoutthe
video.