Editing Music Video

Originally I started using Final Cut Express to edit my footage, as this is the editing software on the Apple Macs at school. I used this program to edit for several hours, but during this time I experienced a number of issues. These issues included the computer crashing, the software not loading, footage becoming corrupted, and the file not saving properly. All of these issues lead me to change editing software. I decided to change to Windows Movie Maker, as it is the editing software on my home computer. Movie Maker is a much more simplistic editing software with far less effects, however it does have its benefits. Apart from the fact that Movie Maker did not have the issues I experienced with Final Cut, it is a simple program to learn and use, as it is very user friendly. The drawbacks of Movie Maker, such as fewer effects. In addition, no spacing can be left between clips in Movie Maker, which is a difficulty when aligning lip-syncing to the music. This means that I cannot choose to edit a later part of the music video before editing the beginning. It is a slight annoyance, however it is fine if all the footage has been captured.

The main effect that I used whilst editing was speed changing. I made some clips faster, and others slower. Slow motion for some clips was good as they were to short, and it makes the video more dramatic. In addition slow motion complemented the song choice, as it is slow at times. I sped up certain clips such as the shot of the a playing card on fire, as it was burning far too slow.

Matching the lip-syncing with the music was probably the most difficult part of editing. This was because there were certain shots that had to be scrapped, such as ones where the protagonist sang slightly out of sync, or looked away from the camera without realising. The difficulty was having the music sync with the singing, so that it looked as if the song was being sung by the protagonist. Also, certain lyrics in particular did not look right when synced with the music, even though they were sung properly.