Editing Journal

I used the Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 to edit my music video.  The editing process took longer than I thought however, it went well and having an understanding and using the software before made the process easier. As i was not able to have this software available at home, i made sure to use all my free periods in order to get the editing done to the best of my ability. Each day consisted of an hour of editing.




Day 1 - 
I started off by adding in all my clips onto the software. This roughly took me an hour to get the right clips i needed as i had shot each scene twice therefore i had to pick the best one. After this, i began by ordering my clips into the right order. This was quite a straightforward task and it was manageable and easy. However this took me time to do as i had to make sure i got the order correct from my storyboard and picking the right clips that fit each section mattered in order for the video to flow properly. 

Day 2- 
This day consisted of cutting my clips down to the right size that is needed. Then i began adding in transitions in between each clip to make them flow easier. i used a cut transition in between all the clips which is simple but went well with my video as well as the flow was smooth. i did this by placing the clips side by side to create this transition.This day went very well and was very productive as my ordering and transitions had been completed.

 

 Day 3 -
Day 3 of editing went well however it could of gone better. This is due to my music video taking a long time to render which did waste a lot of time however to get over this i now know to render every now and then so it does not take long. On this day, i began by adding an colour balance in to change my video into a black and white effect. I also cropped my video with systematic black bars to make it look like a music video. 

Day 4 - 
By now i had quite a lot of my editing completed, however i was unaware of the stability of the promo video until i had shown my focus group and therefore i had to fix this. Before thinking about this i finished my editing by adding in slow motion effects such as the clips where my actor is walking up and down the streets. I used a slow motion effect here so the clip fitted the music flow as well. After this, i got my teachers feedback on my music video and this is when she told me that my video was very shaky. At first, I began using a stabilizer tool on the software to stabilize my clips so they didn't shake to much, however this did not cause all of it to go away and therefore i was made to re shoot my scenes again.

Day 5- 
After completing all my re shooting, i began to put my clips together again and completed all the editing i did on my previous scenes to my new ones, for instance, adding the same transition and effects. Finally, this is when i was confident enough to have finished my editing stage and i was happy with my promo. I then decided to show my teacher and focus group for some feedback. 

What went well -
I think the transition effects and the time frames went really well with the music production and the flow was good. Everything was on time and the transition effects went well with the music video as well. 

What did not go so well -
The stabilizer is used whilst editing did not really work how i wanted it too and therefore this resulted me in re shooting my video however i was happy to have done it as it made my video look better in different ways as well. 

Improvements for next time- 
If i was to redo the editing stage, i would make sure that i had a clear idea of what i was doing in each of my editing lessons and made it realistic so it was easy to go by. Other than that i think the editing process went well and i am happy with my final promo video.