Fast/Slow paired editing task

This Fast/slow video shows a group exercise that we had participated in, in sequence to understand the use of various shots and camera angles and what effect it gives. We had filmed one of our class mates around the school to achieve this video. Our objective was to capture them using many different camera angles/shots. Firstly, we took different shots around the school with each person in the group trying of different camera shots, however we had no idea what type of music will be added to the video and what it will be edited to and this made it quite challenging, however a fun activity to do as a group. This task was not simple as I have not used an editing program before, however the more you experiment with the program the simple it gets as you gain knowledge on how everything works. Once the shots were taken, we then had to input the music. After listening to the music several times, we had a group discussion on how the shots should be placed depending on the Fat/Slow music. For example, when the music got slower, we ‘slow mo’ our clips to sync in with the music and when the beat of the music increased we speeded up the clip. We also tried to shorten our clips when the music sped up to give the short music video a fast pace. We chose the appropriate shots for the video in order to make it look realistic and not messy and all over the place. When placing them in order we had to either slow the shot down by decreasing the number, or speed the shot up by increasing the number. We played around with various filters and edited most of the shots such as use of ‘haze’ effect to give the video a very slow and unsettled look but this also captures the feel of the music. On the whole, I think that the video does illustrate how significant sound and pace of music is when editing the video. This task allowed me to practice for my real production of a music video. I have learnt and understood how to edit a final cut. I also learnt how to change the final cut file into a QuickTime file. I have picked up many skills from this task that will be useful when editing my production music video.