EDITING PROCESS: TEARS

OF A CLOWNBrett Moore

■ For this shot I wanted to make it look as if my character was walking on to the stage primarily by walking into a light. Before the editing process (as has been depicted to the right) the image was very dull and lacked any style I felt and so initially I decided to add a black and white effect onto the image. Although the image was still stylistic I still felt as though it did not have the impact I had hoped and so I decided to experiment with lens flares and different types of lens effects until I finally decided on the above image because I felt this encompassed all of the stylistic attributes I aspired to create as well as providing the semiotics intended for the shot.

■ The above shot is pivotal because it incorporates the key meaning making attributed within my music video with the blending of the black and which

as the isolation of the colour red showing with the black and white suggesting depression and the red flashes suggesting the binary opposite of

love and hate, something that is particularly relevant considering the lyrics and indeed meaning behind the song to which the blurring of love and hate

is particularly prevalent. To achieve this therefore a black and white edit was put onto the original footage as has been done throughout the video as well as adding the leave colour effect to which allows for the isolation of the red. By ensuring the amount to decolour is at 100% and the tolerance as low as 32% it has allowed me to be much more precise with the amount of red on

show, to which a higher tolerance would have exposed background colouring as well as the actors hair to which would have resulted in a much less powerful and meaningful moment. Additionally I edited the brightness so that the footage is much darker and indeed more depressive as not only

will the correlate with the videos semiotics but it also allows for the red to stand out more and isolate much more effectively.

■ The next most important aspect of the editing process of my music video is the video transitions used particularly in the above section to which is a guitar solo and arguably the focal point of my music video. I have decided to primarily use the film dissolve and cross dissolve video transition edits because I feel that this helps to develop the pace of the video placing emphasis on the notion of time running out to which correlates with constant cross cutting the a shot of a sand timer. Although this maybe seen as a ‘lazy’ editing style by using just two transition types but this is a stylistic decision with regards to the aforementioned video pacing. I have also decided to opt out of the use of a transition edit on multiple shots as I feel the lack of edit is much more effective with regards to the creation of meaning making moments as these shots will have a harder hitting effect. During this section the leave colour edit has once again been used proficiently.