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Today in activities I went back up to the edit suite to continue working on the music video, as the deadline for it isn't too far away.
To begin with I looked at what I could do about the awkward point where we didn't quite know what to do with the dancers; in the only wide which we were able to use due to either continuity errors or them not being in sync, they kept running around in circles (as there was a part where they were running up to the camera and posing, in order to attempt to help with the transition). I will admit that I slightly cheated, and went ahead and used a clip that fit from earlier on in the song and dance. This is only made obvious when looking at the movement of the violin bow, but even then, it works better than having them continuously running in circles.
I then looked at the different shots we had of the pianist, as I noticed that we kept using the same shot, and I decided that it would begin to look weird. So I found this shot in which his face is clearly visible and ever so often alternates between his hands and his head. This is a quite nice shot and fits in nicely; it also gives a clear view of the pianist without being too close.
As evident in this shot, the face of the pianist is not well-lit enough and also looks a bit awkward when used over a longer period of time. Therefore the other one is better.
Without realising it, I soon ran into the following problem; all of the synced futuristic elements (labelled F _) began coming in, and because I didn't hide them, I kept having to move all of them back so that they wouldn't intervene with the editing I was attempting to do. That was quite annoying, however as soon as I realised that I was able to select all of them at once and pull them back without changing their spot in the timeline, it made it quite easy.
At around 1:50 in the track, the songs tempo speeds up and therefore calls for quicker cuts, some only a fraction of a second long. Therefore I changed some of the shot durations; this makes it a more interesting cut and agrees with the rhythm of the song. I think this fits quite well however tomorrow I will consult my group to see what they have to say.
Right before my editing time for today ran out, I managed to get to the part where the rhythm of the song is the quickest, which is the transition part between the 1920's and futuristic elements. I am unsure how I will edit this as it calls for very quick cuts; at the moment I didn't put a quick cut in there just yet as I find Orianas tap sequence quite intriguing and therefore should be highlighted more.
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