Editing 11/03/12

11/03/13

Today I started to play around with the video transition effects to see what would fit in with out music video and style of music.
At the start of the video, when the shots are switching from singing, dance and piano I added some cross dissolve transitions which really helped to bring the video to life and capture the sombre tone we are looking to create.

Our media teachers watched our music video today and gave us some really good feedback on how to make the video better. They said that the dance and Hainault clips need to be spread throughout the video to make it more even and so that the clips tie-in well.

Our teachers said that the black and white shots of the piano bits were good and it was a shame that they weren't continued throughout. A suggestion that was made is that we could film some more piano bits and add guitar scenes, making it seem like Ellie is playing the instruments. This also would tie-in well with our music genre and give the video something a little more special.

Taking these suggestions on board, Ellie and I agreed to film some piano and guitar shots as well as re-film the notepad clips.
This does seem quite time-consuming, especially so late in the coursework process, but I think that the music video will benefit a lot from this and it shouldn't take so long to edit as the video is almost complete and we've become more accustomed with the editing program.