Editing 6

Today, Laura and I worked together to finish the production of our music video. Although we faced simple problems, our target of piecing together our final piece was met. This was partly because we were able to follow the storyboards, this is shown through the images below.

Effects
Cartoon-

Once again, we made use of the cartoon effect, to reinforce the idea of a narrative from a comic book. However, we chose to apply this effect to a minority of clips where the 'Superman' character was filmed using unusual camera movements. For example, the screen shot above shows the 'Superman' character spinning rapidly, which is related to the idea of superpowers in Marvel comics.

Speed-

Throughout the music video, we altered the speed settings, so that the certain clip were played at a quicker pace, this created an effect which was again similar to the techniques used to express powers in marvel comics and cartoons. In addition, this technique was utilised here, as we wanted to show the clip as a whole, however as it was around 19 seconds, it did not conform to the conventions of a pop rock music video, since the pace was too slow, therefore this technique was most appropriate.

Fade to Black-

To end the video we made use of the 'Fade to black' effect, which continued to play as the music ended. This was used as it demonstrates that the characters' relationship is on going, even after the song finishes. Furthermore, this is also an effect that I have witnessed in a number of pop rock music videos, such as Avril Lavigne's 'Sk8r Boi' Video.

Problems- During our editing session, Laura and I faced a minor problem that affected the music video as a whole. To begin we found that the chorus of our song and music video did not flow, as the protagonist female's vocals were not synchronised with the song. In an attempt to manage this issue, we tried to change the speed of the clip so that it was slower, however this did not help as it altered the timings of the following clips. We have therefore decided to wait until our next session as we could gain the help and positive criticism from fellow peers.