When i got to the editing stage i was first faced with a problem, which was getting the photos from the slr camera and onto my computer in order to do the stop motion stuff, but this problem was soon over come by simply taking out the SD card from the camera and placing it into my coputers SD card reader slot, this then allowed me to gain quick acess to all the photos I and Lee had taken during the shoots. (both on set photos and photos for the music video stop motion etc..)
Editing the footage was a simple task and i sepnt around 2-3 hours working omn the editing of the footage by using sony vegas. I started off the editing by simply importing the clips i wanted and deleting / snipping out the bits i didntwant to use within the final sequence. Once i had completed this i moved onto applying the efffects to each seperate video, these effects were placed on in the following order:
1) I firstly placed a black and white effect onto some of the clips (after / during Alison drinks the poison) and then onto the ending scenes within the woods.
- I chose this effect because it makes the video seem more errie and strange, also it represents the poison going into Alisons body as the screen turns into black and white stage by stage.
2) I then adjusted the contrast on all the clips. (made them slightly darker and more refined)
- I decided to change the contrast of each clip to make the video look more refined and professional, also the contrast change gives each clip a certain look which adds to the strange theme and suits the music track very well
3) I then placed a faded frame around the edge of each clip
- I decided to use the faded border around each video as it gives the video an old fasioned look to it without using the sterotypical old fasiond filter / sepia look which i wanted to avoid while editing as i believe it is over used within music videos and student videos in general.
4) I then went back to the photos for the stop motion parts of the video and editied each photo ready to be placed into the video sequence and made into a stop motion sequence.
- I decided to use the stop motion effect when Alison is touching the things in thw woods and turining them to colour because i believe this also adds to the old fasiond look and also reflects what i said within my pitch about the flip book kind of styel, which the stop motion represents quite clearly to the audience
5) Once this was done I then went back over the whole sequence and made sure it was all in time with the music and was looking good etc.
6) After looking back at the rough cut I decided to cut even more clips out from each video.
- During the clipping stage i decided to cut the clips even more because it gave each clip a jumpy / old fasiond footage look to it, yet again without using the sepia / scrates etc which is sterotypical of the old fasiond look within videos, but i believe that by clipping little bits out of each seperate video is enoug halong with the contrast change to give it the old fasiond effect and means I didnt have to use the sepia / scratches within the videos when editing etc...
7) I then renderd the video as an AVI file and then uploaded it to youtube to show peple for feedback on the rough cut of crystal poison.
Overall I believe my rough cut as shown very clearly the kind of effects and film I discussed within my pitch to the class. It also shows and expresses to the viewers how the artist Alison is in real life and also how she wished to portray not only her music but herself through the video. So overall I am very pleased with the way in which my video has turned out in this rough cut, or though of course there are a few changes that I may make in the final video (dependant on what feedback i get on the rough cut tomorrow in class etc).
Shown Below are some photos of me working on the editing stage of my rough cut video:
Shown below is the actual rough cut video for Crystal Poison by Alison:
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