Editing

Editing was probably the most time consuming and one of the longer parts to this project. As I used green screens this was a complicated process in trying to edit and and sync everything together. A main part of my editing was with the model moving her shoulders along to the song whilst the background of the song reacted to her shoulders moving. This was a very draining and long process as because the beats of the song were so short and quick it was very hard to try and get it in time. After that I also had to link the models lip synching up as well because the clip would not look right if she was singing a long to the wrong bit of the song. The helpful bit in this process was that I had the song playing in the background so I knew she would be on time with the music. Having the track playing in the background helped massively as i readjusted the sound of the clip and made it louder so I could sync it with the sound I would be using for my video. Therefore instead of me solely concentrating on the model lip synching and linking it, I linked the track in the background to the part of the song in the movie. This meant it was easier for me to hear and link, but I then went on to link up the lip synching of the model to make it more precise.

Another aspect of the editing were transitions. One transition I used was a fade. When originally placing the fade in I found that it didn't go exactly to the part of the song that it needed to change. I therefore had to go into precision editor and adjust the timing so it would fit exactly on the part of the song I was intending to fade it on.

One of the most difficult things about editing was the green screen. When I filmed it I had done no previous testing as it was not my original idea. When I came to edit it the model faded into the picture that I was placing behind her. This meant I had to go on to the colour palette section of iMovie and readjust the colour of the model. For example the part with the lips in the background made the model go very see through. This meant I had to use white balance and colour adjusting tools to make sure she turned out clear and tried to have as little of the green screen on her as possible