Editing the Prelim

To edit the prelim I used an app called “splice” on my iphone. First all the footage had to be imported into the app and then could be arranged into the order that I wanted it to appear in. The app automatically created transitions between the clips so I removed them as I knew in that in music videos, quick cuts look more effective than any transition effects. The first task was to actually get rid of the diegetic sound in the clips, as nearly all sound in music videos is non diegetic because it is simply the song played over the top of the footage. I then had the option to important music from the app or from itunes so I could add Glitterball by Sigma into it. A cutting tool was then available so I could shorten the song to the only the bits I wanted; I also had the option to fade the music in and out at the end so it was not an all of a sudden abrupt stop. The tricky task was then to cut the three individual clips I had so that the lip syncing matched the song. It was a fiddly job trying to get it at the exact right time as the timeline only showed in seconds and not milliseconds as well, but this was relatively easy with the simple slider tool.

“Splice” was the perfect app to use for editing a short video, but for a much longer project the timeline would become crowed and a lot more complicated. As well, I think it would be difficult to edit a full music video on such a small thing. Also, it lacked some of the more professional features that a proper editing software would have such as slow motion effects, spilt screens, stablishing the footage and syncing the audio. Something else we may consider when editing our actual video, is to cut the footage more to the rhythm of the song. “Splice” served us well when practicing basic editing features, but for the real thing we should conduct some further research into a more professional editing software that we could use.