Rough cut Feedback + Analysis - BEKTAS

(Rough cut video in seperate post)


The group's initial reactions of the rough cut were slightly negative, the potential of our footage to be a great music video was there, with which our teacher and the rest of the class agreeing to this, but the editing definitely has be executed and improved for the video to fulfil it's full potential in the final cut of the video in my opinion.

The reason for the slightly 'off' editing was probably because of our time constraints. As we had not been able to film our last shots of the sequence due to weather restrictions on previous filming days, we had to get our footage on the day the rough cut was due to been screened to our teacher and to the rest of the class. This was the major reason of the 'rushed' looking editing. However, although the rough cut was fast tracked a good video still emerged. Lip-syncing was a little off in some areas, but it will most definitely be priority in the editing lessons we have left until the final cut video. We also found that the cuts in the video could be better placed in some sections of the video, the longer cuts have to be shortened, as it seems they drag and slow the pace of the video. Also, shot transitions, such as cross and additive dissolves need to be incorporated more into the video.


A specific area, or section of the video I want to look at is the lip-syncing. Throughout the second verse in the park some shots seem to be out of sync with the soundtrack, which will most definitely have to be addressed in order to gain a higher mark. Seeing as that re-shooting the sequence is now unavailable we have to try perfect the lip-syncing with the art of editing. One possibility and answer may be to slow or speed up the shots in question which are out of sync, in order to bring them in sync with the soundtrack.