For editing, we used two different pieces of software - Sony Vegas 10 and Adobe Premiere Pro. I will now discuss how we achieved certain effects and transitions in the construction of our music video.
1.) A technique we used in editing was the overlaying of two different video clips. For the part of the narrative where our main character has begun the treatment, I decided that I wanted to overlay the footage of the wires and the m
ain character with dreamy footage of the machine's red light. This would imply that transition between reality and the main character's memories that he will begin to explore. To achieve this effect I put the two video clips on top of each other in the timeline. I then decreased the opacity of the top clip, allowing the bottom to show through.
2.) Another technique we used when constructing our music video was jump cutting. This is an editing technique conventionally used in music videos. I used it at the end of my music video when our main character walks up to the house for the second time. It gave a sense of pace at the end of the video and reflected our character's impatience and curiosity to find the machine again.
3.) I decided early on that I wanted to have the narrative in colour and the performance footage in black and white. This would help an audience distinguish quickly whether they were watching the story unfold or the band playing. To make the narrative footage black and white I selected the Black & White tool in Sony Vegas 10 and put it up to 100%.
4.) Another effect we used was the Desaturate Highs tool. I used this to pull the colour out of the main character's skin tones at the beginning when he walks up to the house. This helped to imply the lack of colour and vitality in his life.
5.) For the sequence where our character awakes in bed, I used the Desaturate All But Reds tool to highlight the significance of the headphones and the music, which reminds our character of the supposed 'dream' he has just awoken from.
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