Editing process

1) Describe how you have tackled editing process
2) What are the 3 most important decisions you have made whilst editing?
3) What went well during editing?
4) What have been your biggest hurdles whilst editing?

- I have tackled the editing process better than I had for my foundation portfolio production. Before editing, I had made a storyboard to have an ideal plan of how my music video will map out. I have followed parts of the storyboard. I tried to create a music video by including cross-cutting, and making the shots sharp. It was good that the song structure was simple with verses, a chorus and a bridge, which allowed me to plan before hand how I wanted the cutting to go. I also added a selection of transactions between the shots.

- The three most important decisions I have made whilst editing are the narrative perspective, and where the lip-synching was going and how well it had integrated to the understanding of the music video. I have also thought closely about my visual metaphor, and I have focused on the time, as well as the nature. The song resembled a pop/country theme so I was aiming to achieve this. As well as this, I wanted the song to reflect a positive mood.



- What went well during editing was that I had enough footage to use, especially with the lip-synching, so that was a positive aspect.  This enabled me to get shots of lip-synching in a selection of settings, and if I had to re-film any lip-synching, I could rely on myself. The song was about three minutes, meaning it wasn't very lengthy song.

- The biggest hurdles whilst editing were trying to get the balance between the narrative and the lip-synching, and to try to align the narrative with the lyrics of song. It was also difficult getting the actors over to film, as a majority of time, they weren't free, so I had to negotiate relevant timing between my cousin, and my friend, which meant that the two of them did not see each other during the filming, preventing me getting shots of them together. Another hurdle I overcame whilst filming was the decision on lip-synching, because at first I wanted the girl in the narrative to do it, but she had not learnt all the lyrics, and her confidence was not represented,  so I decided to do it myself.