The document discusses various tools used in editing a music video in Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0. It describes the razor tool, which splits video and audio clips into separate pieces, and how it was used to cut out unwanted parts and create different shot types. It also discusses the timeline, which separates the video, audio, and time elapsed. Visual effects were used to alter exposure and contrast to make monsters look scarier. Titles were added with lettering over a black background to display the song name. Files were stored on the left side labeled by type, frame rate, and start time.

1. Editing my
Music Video

2. Razor Tool
During the editing process the tool I used the most was the razor tool. This tool is used to
split video and audio files that were once one clip into two separate clips. This is useful when
you want cut out video and audio that you feel does not belong in the final cut or simply
want to present the story from a new angle, and so you prematurely finish the current clip.
Furthermore, this tool can be used to create shots such as ‘match on action’, ‘over shoulder’
and ‘jump cuts’ (an editing technique I actually used in my video, along with the ‘over
shoulder’ shot). Below I have put red squares around the lines that separate the clips to
show the purpose of the razor tool.

3. Viewing screen
This is the screen in which I watched my music video. The box which has the
word ‘Fit’ in it indicates the size of the screen in relation to the video clip. I chose
‘Fit’ because that allows the screen to display the video clip to the most sensible
ratio aspect; apart from ‘Fit’ the other options it allows you to choose vary in
percentages, ranging from 10%, which would show the video clip in an extremely
small manner, to 150% which would make the video clip dominate the screen.
The blue numbers in the bottom left corner show how far into the video I am, and
so the image on the screen shows I am 1 minute 37 seconds into the video.

4. Visual effects
I used the video effects to alter the exposure and contrast of the video clip. The purpose of this
was to make the monsters look scarier during their close up, and to present them in a surreal
way. By enhancing the colour and outlining specific features of the masks in post-editing, I had
the ability to completely change the mood and vibe given of by each individual monster. Another
reason I utilised the visual effects was for shock value; by switching from regular clip with normal
colours to a close up of drastically modified colours, I can control whether the audience is
scared, amused, disgusted, etc. Below I have compared two pictures, one is a shot of one of the
monsters in regular colour, and the second is the same monster with the visual effects having
taken place.

5. The timeline (part 1)
The timeline on Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 is split up into three main sections; the time elapsed,
the audio, and the video. From the picture below, you can see the divided parts and their
differences. The white bar at the top displays the point in time you are at in the video. The little
shape at the end of the thin grey bar (circled in red) controls how much of the time timeline is
shown; the shorter you make the thin grey bar the bigger the time gaps you display, meaning
you could only view your video in large quantities of time, e.g. going up in minutes of five. This
is impractical when you require extreme detail in certain situations i.e. cutting a clip at precisely
a particular second. The longer you make the bar the more detail you have as it would then
display the time timeline in seconds.

6. The timeline (part 2)
The bottom bar with the black squiggles on it is the audio bar. This bar controls
what you are hearing and the volume and speed you are hearing it at. In my
music video I used the razor tool to trim the length of my song and fit it
appropriately to the video on screen (and vice versa). The height of the black
squiggles on the bar are relative to the volume of the song; the louder the
audio the higher the squiggle.

7. The timeline (part 3)
The video footage bar is the blue bar directly above the audio bar. This controls the
visuals on screen. As well as the audio bar, I have also used the razor tool to cut and
splice the video clip in a way that allows me to exercise my creativity. You can drag this
bar to the time you want on the time timeline, e.g. I could isolate a clip of my friend
scoring a goal and place it at exactly two minutes in by dragging it with the cursor.
Then, I would use other video clips to fill in the space before that so the continuity is not
disrupted. The same principal is applied when I want to line up a specific video clip and
beat in the audio file to sync a moment whereby the visuals on screen reflect the audio
heard at the time, e.g. people clapping in the video and at that moment a powerful
drum banging in the song.

8. Titles
Adding titles is where you place lettering in your media. You can do this by putting
words over the actual video clip itself, however this often looks messy as you have the
visuals from the video on screen as well your title wording, and one often detracts
attention from the other. The more common use for titles is placing a blank
background, on top of which you have your wording, into your video. I used titles at 25
seconds into the video where I displayed the name of the song (Monster) on a black
background with multi-coloured lettering. This allows the audience to read what you
want them to without being distracted by visual movement on screen. Titles are
accessed by the ‘Title’ button on the toolbar at the top of the editing screen.

9. File storage
On the editing screen there is a space on the far left designated to storing the files used during the
editing process. There are five columns in this storage space used to label and detail the files. The
first column is ‘Name’, which just states the name of the file. The second is ‘Label’, which assigns a
file a coloured square based on the type of file it is, i.e. video files are turquoise, audio files are
green and titles are purple. The next column is ‘Media Type’, which shows what type of file it is in
words, e.g. ‘Still Image’. The next is ‘Frame Rate’, pertaining to how many frames per second are
displayed on screen. The last is ‘Media Start’, showing the time that particular piece of media starts
playing at.

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By Elie Kraft