Music video first edit

After filming the raw footage from most of the two narratives, Me and Nikki both found that we didn't leave enough time for us to edit it as successfully as we had wished. There is still time for us to completely focus on the editing aspect however, it has meant that our first edit isn't up to the standard that we are satisfied with.We knew that filming would have been time consuming, we almost got lost in a haze of filming that we forgot that the editing of a music video is incredibly quick paced. I do think that we captured certain shots that were required for our final edit which I am happy with.

Certain sections of the video need to be re filmed. There needs to be more close-ups shown on screen of the band members singing the vocals. This being done will establish the importance of the performers and idolise them.

The introduction is something I am reasonably quite proud of in this moment of time. The quick cut shots of me walking to the shed need to be timed better but this is all because of the slight rush that was on, due to me and Nikki wanting to meet this time line. I still don't think our time management could have been a great deal better particularly. We know exactly what we have to do and when to do it.

The lighting in the performance shed for me and Nikki has come across as a problem that we are yet to get too and resolve. The can be done when we go back to re film short clips for us to put in and edit, these clips will be focused on the types of shots that are lacking in the video such as close ups. Lighting can be adjusted in the software that we are editing in which we can do to the best we possibly can. I know this from my previous media project in AS of making an opening sequence for a thriller. The adjustments can be done to a really good level, it needs to be brightened up as it comes across on camera to be quite dull.

Another aspect of the video in which we are proud of doing is at the editing stage. The music actually starts at 0:57 when I enter the shed. We did this at the editing stage after the introduction scene because we wanted to portray the Paper Shop Dave performance/practice shed to be symbolised as a place of music. As soon as my hand reaches out to open the door, the music begins.

Towards the middle of the video being the performance section and the end at Attenborough with Jess, it is clear that we didn't have a mass amount of time to meet this deadline. It wasn't so much as rushed but we had to speed up the process by missing out quite major details. This isn't completely missing it out though as I have made notes on my computer as to what filming and editing changes need to be done.

- One improvement is to make sure next time we film Paper Shop Dave is that we film more aspects/angles/shots of the band singing because looking back on our draft we actually haven't captured many close ups of the lead singer which I think we need to do to get the highest grade possible. 

Within our editing process we involve a lot of dynamic effects, one of which is fading. We found this works really well within our video because we was very careful whilst editing our shots together and we have realised that it helps to prove our music with a smooth and relaxed feel to it instead of straight cutting every single shot. However, watching the first edit back now it had met the deadline, I do feel that we used it far too much, so some straight cuts need to be put in at the right moments. Cutting from different close up shots dependent on how close they actually are can be quite a good idea. Although we found that the introduction looks much more professional that we have straight cut every shot because it looks more fast paced and gives of the feeling that the actor is wanting to get to somewhere important quickly.   

 

The instrumental of the song first comes in as I open the shed door as we found helped to build and create positive feeling and tension. The music track actually starting when shed door opens can also be seen as a sort of symbol of the shed being an environment of music, in which it is. At this point we had recently gone away and filmed our second narrative at our second location which involved Jess acting as Arabella. We then realised how close our deadline was and how much we had to edit in the short time we had which caused us both to get a little worried. From that we began to rush the editing process and not spend as much care with the little details which we had planned as we decided as a group we simply wanted to meet the deadline and we could re film what we needed after the deadline as we realised we have half term coming up. As shown above we did meet the deadline for our first draft which brought our spirit up as we felt more confident that had identified what we wanted to change and improve. 

• The effect of the opaque level being decreased to make it appear faded behind another shot is frequently used. Watching it now, it is involved far too much. Straight, quick cuts to short shots need to be shown much more but this will mean filming some more footage has to be done which are currently planning.
• There are some zooms that really need to be cut out. I didn't intentionally mean to put them in so I will go back and edit the shots to make it look much better. I have studied in my media classes that zooms are hardly used in music videos, they tend to look strangely quite tacky. 
• Ambient sound needs to be arranged according to the location of the shot. For example, the shot that includes Me walking down the garden cuts out sound because we took it out in the editing stage as there was some noise in the background. A search on the internet is required to find a relevant ambient sound that can go well with the shot, considering the shot is actually taken from inside the house. The transition from inside the house to outside the house must change in its ambient sound, otherwise it will not look legitimate.

The most important job for us to do when we go to film more footage is to capture the Paper Shop Dave vocalists with varied types of shots and film the band at Attenborough and follow the storyboard. There was a barrier for Paper Shop Dave to come down with instruments and film at Attenborough nature reserve, this was the weather. Bringing guitars down whilst it was raining on the day just will not happen, the rain will damage them in one way or another. Not worth taking the risk.

The narrative isn't as of yet clear to the viewers. Very long and dragged shots come in towards the middle of the song which isn't what we intended to do but it was the time that held us back in this deadline. Our main priority was to meet the deadline with a rough narrative to work on for the final edit. Me and Nikki both learn best visually and verbally. Being able to watch our first edit, pick out all the flaws and discuss them together will make us work much better and quicker paced.