Editing

The above video is a screen recording of my progress of the video within editing, this week I have been purely editing and working on weaving my narrative sequences in with the performance elements. The most challenging thing that I faced was syncing the track to the footage and I will discuss the details of this later in my post.

I experimented with the multi cam feature of Final Cut Pro but found that for my particular type of footage it was more effective for me to cut away from my main shot sequence by layering other shots over the top. I started by matching different shots to various parts of the track, as I had filmed my original footage with the track playing, therefore I was able to match this to my audio of the track. I have been using the colour match tool also to try and have some consistency light wise across both narrative and performance.

The above image shows my further progress, one key challenge that I have faced is matching the audio to my main footage, as when my artist played the piano when filming, certain parts of the track are slightly out of time which has proved difficult for me to edit and make look natural with the track over the top, therefore I have cut and re - placed my audio at certain points to try and match, however in places where I was unable to do this I have covered the transition with a portion of my narrative, I have found this to be an effective solution and feel that it now looks much better.

Going forward I have matched lots of my footage to the track, fitted the narrative in with the performance and have been focusing on cutting to the beat of the music. Despite being a piano track there is a consistent tempo/ beat or break in the music which makes it easier for me to identify where in the track i need to cut in a new shot. Over the weekend I will be filming more narrative, as I feel that this needs further development to convey my desired effect which is to emulate a love story over time but also, as i have seen in other music videos, to convey the realness of life.