editing workshop

In todays lesson we went over the basics in premiere pro, this is a very professional software which many big film companies use. It is set up by adobe, we have had experience with it last ear when creating our opening sequence. This lesson was to remind us previously of what we had learnt and went on to focus more specifically music video editing. This differed from opening sequence editing in that we had to be weary of the timing. To stop there being any bad lip syncing and create it much more easy and accessible when looking for individual clips. Matt showed us how they overcome this, it is simply by placing numbers in the frame before each shot, the numbers varying each time. This idea is to help us now which shot is which quickly and get the right time frame, to match the music. 

When focusing on music video editing we learnt about the four stages these are: performance cut, narrative, effect cuts and colouring. We were also taught about the most effective way to edit a music video, this being either picture syncing and sound syncing. This requires using the arrow keys adjusting it to the right frame then re naming the clip when in sync. This is an easy process when labelled correctly if the clips are not named then it will become challenging finding the clips. It is also useful to bunch all the clips together when editing, this being for example all the guitar clips together or all the wide shots. This means finding footage will be very accessible. Matt also explained to us that you do not need to do the video in order, just choose our favourite bit to edit as this will hold our attention longer and we will come away with a more successful outcome. As well as this to listen to the music and illustrate what you hear, this is the most important to matt as it is not done a lot he says. This lesson has reminded me of what we have learnt and also shown me areas I need to go over again as I am quite keen on doing the editing when producing the video. This has helped me get a better understand for the industry and the procedures they have ti follow to create a video efficiently. We will go on to use some of the techniques shown in the lesson and potentially develop it further.