Further Editing

Fades

During our video we wanted to add a number of fades so a noticeable time difference is evident. This is so that when our location changes during different shots the audience can see how the artist is traveling the city. We added a fade by selecting the clip, then 'effects', 'video transitions', 'dissolve' and finally 'fade in fade out dissolve' as shown in the image to the right. We also wanted to have fades at the beginning and end of video as the music slowly builds up and decreases at the end, this we believe fit into the video effectively, as the audio and visual both gradually build up at the start and fade out towards the end of the video. 

Speed

During our video we have a small amount of shots that will be faster and slower than normal time. We wanted to have these shots under-cranked so that it will show time passing by, as our artist is traveling across London through-out the day. We began by selecting the desired clip, then chose "modify" on the top tool bar, and then the option "speed...", this enables the user to either speed up (under-crank) or slow down (over-crank) the piece of footage chosen. In order to speed up we had to change the percentage speed of the clip, the usual time makes it 100%, and to speed up the  footage we changed the percentage to more than 100%. To finish the video we also over-cranked a shot of Glenn walking out of the tunnel, as the audio also slows down as does the visual of Glenn leaving his performance location; which is the tunnel.

During the editing stages of the video the group found that when a certain piece of footage is dragged into the timeline any footage on it already will move and cause the video to be out of sync with the lyrics. This problem was solved by locking the footage, this essentially holds the selected track in place so that when another piece of footage is added it does not move the whole track. Locking the track however, means that when the track is locked the user cannot edit it, unless it is then unlocked. To lock a track the user has to select the padlock symbol which is on the left hand side, or start of the track. 

We also had footage on numerous tracks, this meant we could have more than one image or piece of footage showing at a time. This came in usefel when we wanted to use transitions such as dissolves and when we would eventually add a song title and artist label to the video. If we had the footage on one single track we wouldn't be able use any text over the footage, as it would play one shot after the other; this would therefore effect the continuity of the song as it would be very basic and bland if it was just one shot at a time.