Editing - picture sinking

Today we had a class about editing a music video where we were explained how to sink pictures with music.

Steps of editing overall: performance cut, narrative cur, effects, colour

Sinking the videos:

will be done through the help of a video with a time code. When we will be recording in the studio we will be playing this video on an iPad. After the music is bought, the beginning of the video with a time code will be added before the music starts. Then, when editing, we have to get the playback head on a random number of the video, and press pause on “i” and then find the same number on the timeline. (Then when dragging the video we don’t need the sounds so we have to press the “drag video only). The same can be done with the help of the video’s sounds 

How to cut a music video: 

There are a few rules which if they will be followed it’s impossible to cut it wrong. The first rule is LISTEN TO THE MUSIC AND ILLUSTRATE WHAT YOU HEAR - you hear the voice, then you put a closeup of the singer in; you hear the drums, you put a closeup of the drums in and so on. The second rule is GROUP THE SHOTS TOGETHER. Rule three is FOLLOW THE MOVEMENT - if the actor moves down, then it’s gonna cut to a shot where it’s going to complete the move by continuing the movement in the next shot.

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