Mini Vid Editing

Editing our Mini-Vid

For our mini-vid we were each asked to edit our own version. This way we were able to familiarise ourselves with final cut pro a lot more. We used this time to test a number of different shot/shot types and used the range of advanced effects that final cut pro offers. Therefore from this task we will be able to gain feedback on our individual mini-vid final cuts and we will be able to take any advice given. We will also be able to see which effects work to the advantage of the video and those that don't. Through this process i will gain valuable skills and techniques that i can take forward to the actual music video we will be creating for our A2 coursework.

This effect is called 'Water Pain' this connotes to the audience that it is raining or that the actors are doing some swimming of some sort. The device on the right hand side allows me to change a number of different things to do with the effect such as, changing the refraction amount or changing the refraction softness. This is a very good feature as it can make the take look a lot more realistic and it can be personalised to my taste.

Another device that i found very useful is a device called 'Layering' this is where one clip is over another this can make the shot look a lot more effective. This is done by copy and pasting one clip and dragging it on top of another in the time bar on final cut pro. Again the device on the right hand side comes in very handy when doing this as when the clip is on top of the other you can only see one clip. The right hand device allows the user to change the opacity on the top clip which results in the viewers being able to see two different clips in one shot. The opacity can be changed so the dominant clip can

be made clear which is a useful feature.

This tool is called 'X-ray' this effect worked really nicely as the character jumps in the pool. This is one of the effects i chose to keep on my 2nd rough cut because i think it worked really nicely.

This effect was 50's TV this was one of the effects i initially liked however, it proved to be in-effective with the rest of the video as it added discontinuity therefore, this effect was removed for my 2nd rough cut.

The 8mm effect again was an effect that i was experimenting with, this was one that i chose to keep in the mini-vid because it did work well with the clip.







The Halftone effect was an effect i really didn't like for the clip this was removed. In different circumstances i think the halftone effect could work really well. However, on this clip it wasn't effective.

The rain effect i found worked really well in the mini-vid as it connoted the theme of the video, also i was able to change the size of the rain drops and the direction in which they fell which i thought was a really good feature.

Rough Cut 2 editing

The flashing effect is one that i used frequently in my second rough cut because i thought it worked really well as it connoted a thunder storm which was the effect i was trying to achieve following the theme of our video.