This document describes the video editing process of adding fades and transitions between clips and the soundtrack. The editor used point fades on the intro clip and copied those attributes to other clips for efficiency. An exponential fade transition was used to merge parts of the soundtrack so the chorus would play during a question and answer section. Fades and volume adjustments were also added to the soundtrack to avoid abrupt cuts and not interfere with interview audio. The clips were split into sections for each question and answer with blank space left to add cutaway clips.

2. This is a screenshot of the fade being inputted onto the
intro clip. I used the ‘pen tool’ to create a point in
which the fading starts and finishes, to set a speed at
which the fade appears.

3. Here I have copied and pasted the attributes to the intro clip,
meaning that the fade in/out will be copied on to the
other clips that I choose. This is to make the editing process
more efficient.

4. Here I have dragged the desired soundtrack to
the audio track to be laid over the voice of
interviewees for a backing track.

5. Here I dragged the ‘exponential fade’ transition between 2
parts of the soundtrack at different points to be merged.
This is so the chorus of the song is playing half way through
the first Q & A.

6. Here I added a fade in/out to the soundtrack so that the
music doesn’t cut off completely. This is to add a sense of
professionalism to the video. I also changed the overall
volume level down by 8 decibels as also shown in the
screenshot. This is so the music did not interfere with the
sound of the interviewee’s voices.

7. I split the clips into sections for each Q&A then left an
approx. 4 second blank space for the cutaways to
be added in.