Editing (Day 12)

Today, I was adding the final touches to our music video. I made sure the clips cut according to the beat throughout and fiddled about with the audio on the clips. Sir said that when watching the music video, he wanted to concentrate on the song and the visuals which worked to enhance that "glow" he got when watching and listening to "Is He Really Coming Home?"

He also said that the examiner might thing that we'd left the external audio in by accident and so it might be best just to remove it. We decided to mute the clips e.g. the bus driving off and the couple playing in the leaves. Although I felt that keeping the external audio added another dimension to the music video and realism of the footage, and plus made it sound very cute and romantic with that included, I followed Sirs advice.

Here is how the music video would've sounded had the clips kept the external audio:

I had Ms Ferdinand have a look at the music video, just getting a fresh pair of eyes' opinion, who raised concerns about what part the Soldier walking home played in the video. 

She said that she was a worried regarding the fact that the effect Black & White made those scenes look as though they are part of the past, rather than clips of him walking home in the present. To separate that storyline from the New Lover relationship and conflicting past memories of the Soldier and artist, we decided that a gradual introduction of colour in shots would make it seem as though what was originally a memory or dream of the Soldier returning is now a reality when at last he knocks on the door.

So the order goes;