A2 Media Studies

1. A2 Media Studies
Evaluation of rough editing
Nikoleta

2. Before I start editing my final music video, it is very crucial for me to do a
rough edit first. The rough edit is an opportunity to find out whether the
shoot images match the scene; Whether the scenes match the lyrics;
Whether the color tone of scenes is aesthetic; Whether the editing is
appropriate and whether the cutting can present the atmosphere......
The most important point of rough edit is, I can evaluate what do I need
to improve in the rough edit so that I can present the final video more
appropriate and visually more attractive.
I decided to do the rough edit on my phone, because it is relatively easier
than do it in the computer.

3. Application that I used for rough edit
In the process of rough editing, I used a Chinese
application called JianYing (Capcut).
JianYing is a mobile video editing tool with a
comprehensive editing function, supports variable
speed, a variety of filters and beauty effects, and
rich music library resources. Since February 2021,
JianYing supports the use of mobile phones, Pads,
Mac computers and Windows computers.
JianYing is assessable and relatively easy to use,
so I decided to use this application to do the rough
edit.

4. JianYing’s functions includes:
edit videos, insert audio (or
voice over), insert text, insert
sticker, insert vidoes over
videos, special effects...

5. I used the effect of “Insert video over video” here, so that I can show
two layers at once, it can make the scenes become more expressive and
more emotions are shown. I realized that this form of presenting videos
is extremly interesting, I will need to do a lot of “Insert video over video”
effects in my final music video.
I also put filters on my music video, the color tone can be more aesthetic
and visually attractive.

6. The effects are various, I have so many options of
the ways of starting or finishing a scene.
The “fading” and “zoom” effects go well with a
lot of scenes in my music video and it is very
convinient to apply them to the music video. For
example, when I was filming, I didn’t have the
chance to zoom in for many scenes, then the
“zoom” effect became very useful.
Also I realized that I need to insert lyrics on the
process of editing. It will be more assessable to
wider audience.

7. As for the audio, there’s this
function that can help you to
find the beat of the music, it
generates the strongest
beats among the song
systematically. Therefore, I
can know when is the time
to cut the scene and insert a
new scene.
It is significant to my final
video editing, it will save a
great deal of time for me in
the final stage and I won’t
need to find the beat myself.