With our second cut we managed to increase the number of cuts in time with the song as well as replacing weaker-framed shots with better shots. We also made sure that these cuts were in time to the music, thus making it seem like a much more 'flowing' music video, rather than shots just complied together which can appear jarring to the audience. Following from this, we began to experitment with our editing techniques. A key experiment being with the split screen. Initially, in the planning we wanted the whole music video to be in split screen, but we realised that this would perhaps with a performance based music video and can also become, very easily, confusing. The concept of having a split screen did seem to be quite exciting however, on reflection having a split screen placed randomly throughout the music video did look a little odd. Nonetheless, it was interesting learning how to complete a split-screen in Final Cut Pro - quite easy as it turns out. The last thing we advanced on was removing the weaker wider shots. This made the whole thing look a lot more continuous, presenting the music video as a flowing piece, flowing well from shot-to-shot.
In order for us to advance and make sure that the amount of cuts correlated with the tempo of the music, we constructed a graph displaying the tempo clearly throughout the song:
We also created a check list of things we wished to do in order to ensure an effective music video:
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