Editing Session Six: Final Music Video

In the final editing session, we decided to act upon target audience feedback and concentrate on adding more creativity into the editing aspect of the video.

• We began by changing two shots within the narrative which were a close up of the actress scratching her head and a long shot of two people sat on a bench. This is because we decided we needed to try to suggest the joining of the red thread to help to establish the theory. Therefore, we filmed a close up of someone tying a red thread to someone else’s hand. We also filmed a clip of two people with string around their hands who move away from each other so the string unwraps. When it came to editing this, we put the slip in reverse so it actually appeared as if the thread was wrapping around the two hands as they join together as one. I did this by using the reverse tool and also changing the speed of the clip to ensure it was long enough for the audience to understand what was going on.

• We also decided to add a stop frame within the narrative. This occurs when the two female actresses who were originally in love have an argument and Luna leaves. The stop frame connotes how she was destined to stay and wanted to stay but she has to leave. We did this by blading the clip and overlaying each section as a layer.

• We also added a series of light leaks as a layer over the top of the live performance clips. This conformed to the indie genre as it creates an almost retro vibe. We did this by adding the clip of the light leak over the top of the narrative clips and reducing the opacity to make it appear ‘see through’. We also made the light leaks red in the beginning of the narrative whilst the homosexual couple were together to connote love and passion. However, as soon as the two meet in the library, the light leak changes to blue to connote the loss of love between the original couple.

• We also reimported the music to try and fix the issues we were having with the base.

Overall, after this session we have finished the music video. We ensured that the editing was more creative in terms of the technical aspects and tried to focus on effectively establishing the red thread theory again in the initial opening 30 seconds.  The final video: