Editing/Evaluation

 I missed a week due to illness, and when I went into uni Jen, Collette and Liz had completed a rough edit of the video. It was made up of very fast cuts and the pace was interesting however some parts didn't work too well and even reminded me of the awkward cuts in Garth Merenghi's Darkplace. Over the next week me, Jen, Collette and Liz worked on a final edit. This consisted of me trying to slow the cuts down and Jen trying to speed them up which actually worked out quite well as we found a happy medium. We decided to edit the video in a non-linear way as this became very boring to watch and it was a video of two halves. We also decided to focus on the corset as this is a very powerful image. It is basically the same original concept but told in a non-linear way. For the footage in the room, we decided to use a desaturated grade with hints of green to make the room seem grimy and cold. All we did for the dance is crush the blacks. The simple lighting set up created a nice enough effect on its own and by crushing the blacks we just heightened the contrast.
 I think overall it was a successful video as we still managed to get the story accross but avoided boring the audience and we did this by cutting it very quickly to the beat. Also, I think using simple shots of someone in a room opening things, holding things up etc. you avoid putting too much focus on action which can result in something that looks like a bad hollywood film if the action isn't filmed in a correct way. One of the problems we realised when we came to editing was that we hadn't actually filmed enough different things so we ended up with a lot of footage of the same actions from different angles. Also, a lot of the cutaways were too shakey to use. We definately could have done with a lot more footage from around the room but this was before we knew we would be splicing the footage of the room into the dance to break it up. All in all , it has been quite a useful experience; I have definately gained confidence and skills when it comes to producing something that is more professional and working with a group has shown me that not neccessarily working with like-minded people can be very useful when it comes to creating new ideas, having people pull in opposite directions can create compromises that bring new ideas to the surface that you maybe wouldn't have come up with alone, or solely working with like-minded people.