Editing Update

EDITING UPDATE:

Editing has been successful so far with a first draft completed recently. Below is a video of us showing the other media group the first draft to see their thoughts on it, primarily to see if our story came through strong enough. 

Just to recap, the storyline of the music video is that there is a female who is remembering memories with her partner, these memories being both good and bad, and initially, when she sings along we want the audience to think her sadness and conflicted emotions are due to a break up, potentially encouraging the audience to dislike the male, but then at the end we reveal he's died, which brings a whole new meaning to her loneliness and makes the viewers reflect on their previous ideas.

This meeting was positive as it revealed that, despite the message coming through, for it to be more potent and easier to understand, a shot in which the male presents his partner with the ring would be useful. As a result of this we plan to film this shot and add it to the video. 

They also were unsure on the relevance of the beach, and so we've also decided to add a shot of the couple at the beach, which was filmed as a practice shot whilst location searching. By adding this shot, it will establish the beach's relevance as of significance in their relationship, hopefully adding further clarity to the videos story. 

In terms of successes and issues so far with the editing, there have been a few shots and transitions that have changed from the storyboard. Certain shots, due to technical difficulties, or just not being as effective as we'd initially pictured them, have been replaced. For example, our opening shot which was meant to show Connies feet in the sea was hard to film successfully, and so we've replaced this with a sunrise shot which was initially filmed to form part of the behind the scenes film; however, in general we have stuck to the storyboard. 

For the car shots, we decided not to speed them up as it seemed obvious they were altered (due to it highlighting the shakiness of the shots) and so we have left these as they are, but they still look effective. We have also added a two shot sequence which shows a shot outside the car and the a shot inside the car (when the car is moving much faster) to give the perception of the car moving fast.