Editing Blog

    The editing process for my music video flowed a lot smoother than it did for the commercial I filmed. This is most likely because, it being the second time around, I was comfortable with most of the editing tools and the software in general. Also, editing the music video seemed to be a lot more fun, because I had a greater variety of effects to choose from. This was important as the conventions for my genre of music uses a lot of special effects in its videos. Initially, after filming, I dumped all my footage into the software we use for editing. Next, I pasted the clips I wanted to use onto the corresponding track for film. Some of the clips I kept, I eventually ruled out using because they were either too shaky, or they just didn’t fit with the final production that I envisioned. I wanted to make sure that all my shots flowed nicely throughout the video as this was part of the rubric. I started cutting clips to fit the allotted one minute and fifteen second time we were given for our video. Once this was done, it was time to add the music into the editing software.

    I was able to find the entire song on YouTube. Once I found it, I copied the link and pasted it into a mp3 converter. This allowed me to use it in the software more easily. Once this was done, I transferred it into the program. From there, I matched up the music with the footage. This was difficult initially, as I needed to figure out where to start the music so it would sync with my moving lips in the footage. However, once I figured that out, I was able to play around with the clips and cut them to fit the video more seamlessly. Also, I was able to add some effect at this point as well. For example, at one part of the video, I am driving in my car, and I added a motion blur to the shot, just for a couple of seconds. This gave the video a little extra spice to it!!

    Next, I added a few titles to the beginning of the music video. These were standard, such as the song name appearing at the very beginning, with the artist’s name included. Also, I put in “video directed by Aidan Trybus”, to give credit to myself and make it look more realistic. That part faded into when the music starts in the beginning of the video. Overall, this project was interesting to edit, with it being a little bit more challenging. Unlike the last project, I was working on my own, so I had to work at a more diligent rate. But, because I worked on my own, I was able to make easier decisions to where the video would head towards. Also, I could stay more concentrated as I didn’t have anyone else chiming in about what to add or remove. I would say the hardest part of the editing process was definitely syncing the music up with the video, as it had to play perfectly with my lip-syncing. I’m excited to put the final touches on the video and see how it turned out!