Editing my Video

After i had all the footage i needed for my video it was time to capture it on to the computer and then start editing.To edit our footage we used the program 'Premier Pro' as this is what the school provides. I found the program difficult to start with but once i knew where the tools were, editing the video went smoothly.

Below are screen shots an explanations taking you through key parts of my video, and highlighting the areas with most effects used.

This sequence can be seen at the beginning of my video. The editing technique I used here was just a simple cross dissolve. I used this same technique a number of times throughout my video as well as dissolve to black/white. This is a way to take one clip to another smoothly rather than short cuts from one to another.

The technique I used here is a basic 3D. With this tool you have no decide yourself where you want it to move by choosing when it twirls, the distance it moves to and how far it tilts. It was hard to use at first but once you get the hang of it you simply plot on a editing graph where you want each bit to change and then preview until its what you want. 

Here i used a simple strobe lighting technique. When i first edited this clip the strobe covered the photo but i changed the opacity and now with each flash you can still see the underlining image. I feel this strobe was a light cover and matched the build up of music. 

When editing this clip i used a filter to change the whole clip to black and white, even before i began cropping. Once i had cropped the clip i cut it just before she throws her leaves. Where i cut the clip i then put a slower speed on the second half as the leaves fall. This added a dramatic feel to the clip.

This is taken from one of the 'other world' scenes. On all of those scenes I changed the brightness and contrast to show the difference. I think that this effect gave the clips a dream like look as well as mysterious. 

This was the mirror scene. This was the hardest part of editing I did in my video. I had to separately film daisy and emily from the same angel but think about where I was framing them with the mirror. I started with the complete clip of emily looking at herself in the mirror. Then halfway through the clip i cropped the mirror of emily to one side and added the clip of Daisy's reflection in that gap. This gave the view that emily was looking at herself then sees a different reflection (that of the rabbit). On both the clips i put changed the brightness and contrast.