My Editing Ideas

Today we began editing our video. First, we needed to upload all of our clips and analyse which we felt we would use and would not. Previous to this lesson, I had been considering some different ideas that I felt would make the video more effective.

My ideas for editing:
For the dramatic and abusive husband scenes I want to slightly lower the saturation. I feel that this will create a subtle impact that will reflect the glumness and depressive state that they live in. A darker setting will reflect a darker mood and this could be taken from both points of view. Eddie has a "dark and evil mood and this could be one reason for lowering the saturation and Bethany is emotional and depressed and this could be another reason for lowering the saturation. Together, neither are happy or joyful and so a low saturation will darken the outlook of the scenes and will show reflect thier moods.

I then began considering transitions. I wanted the transitions to be subtle and so I began experimenting during our previous practice music video. I found that the "wash in", "wash out", "fade in" and "fade out" transitions were the most subtle and also allowed the scenes to flow evenly along. Therefore I began thinking of ways that I could use these to further reflect the feel of all the scenes. I decided that for the scenes with myself (as Kelly Clarkson) a "wash in" transition should be used. A wash in transition begins white and quickly fades to reveal the clip. It adds some light to the video but is very subtle and goes unnoticed. I felt this transition should be kept consistent throughout all of the scenes with myself as Kelly. To differentiate these scenes with the abusive husband scenes I needed to change the transition in to them. I decided to use a "fade in" transition. A fade in transition goes from black and also quickly fades to reveal the clip. The black and white contrast of both transitions will differ the two different clips and this will create an excellent contrast. It will really dramatise the abusive husband scenes and make them appear much darker and prominently dull in comparison to the Kelly Clarkson scenes.
I feel that this will help to establish the emotional vulnerability of Bethany's character.
Another editing trick I considered was using the "slow motion" effect. I feel as though this dramatises any fight scene as it really allows the viewer to see the raw emotion of fear or anger on the characters face. Putting a clip into slow motion can often change the entire feel of it. It can make a clip seem eerey as you can really feel as though you are able to understand their emotions.

After telling the group my ideas, they seemed happy to proceed with them and so you will find these ideas used in our final peice. I feel that my contribution here will improve the final outcome and will help to create an impact on the viewer.