Editing

Now that we have all of our footage, Maria has been the main editor of our music video. However, everyone has had an input into how it has been edited and we have each made contributions and put forward different idea's into what should be done.

Once all of our footage has been placed on the time line in the order we wanted it, Maria added the music and ensured that the lip singing was completely synchronised with the timing of the music.

Then, we could start to change the colour of certain shots to fit the mood of the music. For example, we made the happy memory of Maria and Cass brighter and much more colourful, in contrast to the shots of Maria singing where sepia has been added and which have blurring around the edges to show her depressed mood.

Furthermore, we have also split screened a number of shots of the dance routine in the middle of our video. We have a vertical split screen shot of the dancers on the left side and Maria singing on the right side, then the next shot switches them around so Maria is now on the left and the dancers on the right. In addition, we have also used a shot where we split the screen into quarters and had single shots of the dancers in the top left corner and the bottom right corner. Then, as the music changes, we swap the images around again. This effect fits with the beat of the music and so will keep the audience's attention.