Production Blog

 Hello! My group and I are starting to wrap up the music video. This past weekend, I continued to edit. With the first six scenes imported into the editing app, the music video was nearly two minutes long. Since the video cannot exceed one minute and fifteen seconds, I knew I would have to do a significant amount of editing. While I suggested which scenes to cut and keep, Kemora physically edited the video on her iPhone. For example, the beach block opened with multiple establishing shots of the setting. I decided that all those overviews are not necessary and that keeping one or two of these establishing shots would be more efficient. The two I suggested keeping were the ones with the grass in the sand as well as the palm trees and the apartment landscape. That is because they both show the beach setting and its surrounding environment. However, when my group is done editing, if the video still exceeds the time limit, I will suggest that I cut one, if not both, of the beach establishing shots. This is because one can still tell where the video is being shot without an establishing shot, as the long tracking shot shows both the sand and the ocean. 

 To continue, many of the other clips were very long, such as the sunset and movie scene. So, I proposed to only keep two to three seconds of each of those blocks. I suggested cutting down these blocks significantly rather than any of the other blocks for many reasons. The first reason is that both of these scenes, while they do add to the story, do not impact the storyline greatly. Another reason is that shortening two scenes in the middle of the video would allow the images to flow more smoothly. This is due to the fact that having long, exaggerated scenes throughout the entirety of the video would not be as entertaining when compared to a video with constant movement, action, and scenery changes. This editing session was very successful for my entire group. I am excited to film the rest of the scenes later this week. Bye!