Editing - Cutting, Colouring, Correcting

So the last 4 days have been jam packed with editing and constant sitting in front of a mac just so I could meet a deadline for the rough cut that is today (21/11/2013), although we did submit something for the rough cut, it was not finished which I'll explain why soon. So last Friday, the 15th of November was the original day I started making the cuts and edits but on the 18/11/2013, I decided to start all over again so I could do some colour grading for some of the shots which were dark. This did come in handy as once we finish the whole music video we will not to colour correct each clip to make it seem consistent. However, there are some slight difference in colour which we hope to fix soon. This happened to be one reason which stopped us from finishing music video in time for the rough cut deadline. The image above demonstrates the obvious changes and difference from the first shot which is a lot more darker than the second shot which is a lot brighter. 

By restarting to edit the music video, we noticed that Abida felt that she looked awkward in the shot where she is sitting down on the tree. We did bicker about whether we should use it or not, and my argument that she looked fine and completely un-awkward was supported by Rebecca. However, we did not use this shot throughout the music video like 2 other locations as we felt if we included them they would disrupt the flow and confuse the audience. The other two locations we didn't use was the one at the Merry-Go-Round and London Eye. These shots also lacked any good aspects like the other shots we have from the locations like Tate Modern and the Alleyway. This essentially have us a better structure for the music video to follow which would be familar with the audience. 

Whilst editing, we decided to edit by adding markers and "razoring" bit by bit as we moved on from verse to verse and chorus to chorus. This turned out to be a good method whilst it did result in me always going back to the section and re-editing the shots as I felt they could have been much more cleaner. I still feel as if there is a lot more improvements that we could make such as making shots longer and reducing the amount of rough cuts that we have as I do sense some shots are really short whilst some are fairly long. This is the main reason which prevented us from completing the whole music video by the rough cut deadline however I do feel that cleaning up the edits now will allow give us more time to fix them before the actual deadline.