Editing SEVEN

It was suggested that some of the shots were really nice but needed to be cut up so there were more shots within one line so it created pace for the video. As a group, we agreed with this therefore today we went through these shots and found more footage that we could use within these shots.
We had a bit of a problem with whether our shots cut to the beat or to the lyrics. We watched it over and over trying to focus more on the music. We found that we had cut the shots to the lyrics rather than the beat because the film illustrated the lyrics really. We didn't feel it would be right to cut the footage on the beat because it wasn't the same the whole way through and would throw our whole sequence. We decided that we would leave it as it was. 

Editing SIX

Today we finished the montage of our video which means we have a rough cut of the whole video! To do the montage, we split it between the line 'Life happens' and the lines inbetween. For the 'Life happens' lines we used footage of Malory singing the line and inbetween we used footage that related to the lyrics even if it was quite subtly. For example 'When you're dancing in the dark' we have footage of Malory and Matt dancing. Some of the footage we used for these lines were not ones that we had planned, it's footage that we took of Matt and Malory messing around but this actually turned out to be the most natural footage which is what we wanted.
The original idea was to have the montage play back the shots that we had already used but we had so many nice shots that we hadn't used yet we decided to use them instead.

Looking at the whole video I am really pleased and proud of what we have done, especially the montage part.

Next, we plan to go through the video step by step making sure it is all in sync and collect audience feedback to see what needs to be improved.

Editing FIVE

We managed to get a rough cut of our video today, the only thing left was the montage. This felt really exciting because we felt as though we were nearly there. But then we had a problem. When trying to show it on another computer the file got corrupted and we were unable to open it again. This was really worrying because we thought that we had lost our whole video. Luckily we had backed it up this morning and so we were able to get it back that way, I't obviously didn't have the changes that we had made that day but that was a lot better than losing the whole video.

Editing FOUR

We are working really well as a group, we are all on the same page with the same view of the video. I think this is why we have worked though it so quickly. The disagreements that we do have only lead to improvement of the video.
We sometimes have a problem with the lipsyncing of the video. What looks perfect to one member of the group looks off sync to another. It takes time to think whether the footage is too fast or too slow or whether Malory is just singing the wrong words or whether that line was repeated at another part of the song but at a different tone or speed to the sync is different.
What we are finding very time consuming and frustrating is when we put a clip onto the timeline it cuts the music and put s the whole video out of sync. We have to put the clip on the very top line of the timeline, lock it, scroll back down, delete the music and then slot the shot into the right place. It doesn't sound like much but when we have to do it for every shot it gets annoying.

Editing THREE

Using the storyboard and animatic we are working verse by verse to put the shots on the timeline. So far we had stuck to our storyboard almost completely, however extra shots that we took that we had not storyboarded often looked better than the ones we had storyboarded. We had stuck to the storyboard as in which verse is what but some individual shots are slightly different.

Editing TWO

We decided that the easiest way to edit was to choose the clips that we wanted and place them on the timeline per verse of the song and roughly edit to fit. We started with the beginning of the song finding clips of Malory in her house singing. We had lots of shots to chose from as we had filmed each verse from three different angles at the same time. Looking back, this was a really good idea because it really helped with continuity.
We found it quite easy to chose the shots we wanted as the three of us had similar ideas and a similar image of the video.

Editing ONE

Today we started editing! We grouped the footage we had by verse and chorus and started putting the footage together for the first verse. We encountered a few problems, for example we didn't have any footage we liked of Malory singing the very first word, she didn't come in on the first few words which we didn't realise until we came to use the footage. To overcome this we decided to use footage we had of just her lips singing the first few words. This looked quite good because she smiles just before she starts to sing. However, I'm not sure whether the first shot should be of her so the audience establishes who she is. I think we will keep it as it is for now but if we change our minds we can re film the beginning on our next filming day in January.
We downloaded the music finding the best quality version and put it on to the timeline.