Editing (Stage 1)

To edit our footage into a full music video we will be using the programme Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 with the layout across two screens and a VCR/Mini DV player to import the footage from (right).

After batch capturing our shots, we began to play around with editing techniques on the Adobe timeline; this is where the shots are carefully organised in a series of blocks (below) to create the final outcome:

Experimenting

The first vital editing technique we experimented with was lip synching. We imported our final edited track into the timeline and began co-ordinating lyric shots to see how real the mouthing of words appeared. We found that the speed/duration setting was an essential tweak to ensure the timing of the track against the shot was equal and perfectly synched.

Two-Screen layout for larger working space

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Earlier on in the course to help with this technique, we formed groups and produced preliminary mini music videos to illustrate our ability to effectively lip synch a video to a music track. Below is the final outcome:

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We then moved onto the colouring of shots. We found the most important editing effects for our style of black, white, red and over-enahnced colouring were - brightness and contrast, just pass red, high contrast black and white, negative black and white, inverse colour, RGB colour corrector and lighting effects. This way we were able to create shots like the image below:

Editing the Audio

With the permisson of Sony (for the purpose of our coursework), Joshua and I felt the track needed a moment of suspense that could build to a climax. We therefore realised we would have to edit the music ourselves and re-create the audio composition. Using Garageband (Apple Mac Software) we were able to search through the track and pin-point the section of music we would like to split and manipulate. Just before the musics pace and layering increases we added a reverse breath sound effect that merges into the increasing rhythm of the track. By adding a reverberate effect and echo enhancement, the sound FX suits the style of music and appears to sound as part of the original track. We also have added a creepy introductory track which we created in Garageband. Featuring this at the beginning of the music, sets the mysterious tone for our video and enhances our eerie atmosphere we wish to create. Above is a screen-capture of how we edited the audio in Garageband.