Rough Cut video and evaluation
Rough Cut of the Prodigy music video Firestarter
Whilst editing this footage I was in the mind of creating a music video that is quite abstract but has the consistency of the main protagonist whom the audience simply adopt a voyeuristic positioning
At times I made sure that shots were edited according to the music and matched the beat of the song. However I interjected long and short shots which adds to the dynamic of the video and created a variety of shots.
Whilst I feel that the overall nature of the music video generally targets the abstract nature of the music video, the range of creative techniques are limited to only jump cuts, cross fades and quick straight cuts. This diminishes the full potential of the music video, but omitting the footage of any sort of tone, other than one which is dull and quite confusing. When reviewing the rough cut, the range of scenes used look to be quite limited and constrained however this is not the case for the footage that our group had filmed. There are also points whereby the footage going black, this should poor editing and use of creative devices that are able to fill this gap.
I also decided to end my music video at 2.44 but introducing a fade on the music, this doesn’t follow the conventions the music video as it is quick paced throughout so I feel that this editing technique did not work to my advantage. So when I recreate my final music video I will rethink the fading of the video to more of a quick and shorter ending- almost as if it doesn’t finish completely. A cliff hanger is something that would fit the more the genre of the video.
My aim for the final cut of the music video is to create:
- Range of scenes used
- More complex variety of shots
- Extended use of transitions
- Introduce the elements of black and white, mixed with the theme of chiaroscuro
- Diverse range of speed
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