Editing the Performance Element

We are using 'Premier Pro' to edit our music video, it is a advanced creative platform that allows us to create professional pieces of work at great ease. It has more advanced elements to it which are commonly used at industry level, this means our work can replicate a similar quality to a industry created music video.

We have decided to begin editing the performance element first, rather than waiting to film the 'Dance Element' as the crucial video for our band is the performance element, and they have no interest for the dance element of our ideas. This also means that if any management companies approached 'Lion the Weak' asking for a music video, we would have something prepared to give to the band.  are sticking however to filming, as the set designer has created our whole set, and it would be a waste to dump it. And we also, agree as a group, that the dance element will work really well with our video's theme. 

We originally started by syncing the performance footage with the track by matching the time code on the footage with time code on the Premier Pro timeline. This enabled us to successfully match up the lip-syncing with the vocals in the track, also to match the instruments with the track. 

We are working really well as a team on the editing, all giving individual opinions on the shoots. We aim to have a nice flow of shot for instance, with the lead guitarist slowly moving the neck of the guitar to the left, following through with a track to create a smooth transition. 

Today, 21st November, we finished our first draft of editing the performance element of the music video. It has gone pretty smoothly, and we seem to have finished a long time before other groups, which comes down to good communication and co-operation I feel. However, we presented it to Luke, and he has given us about 5 things to improve on for the shot editing. The most crucial was to include far more shots and close ups of the lead singer, in order to get the lyrics as it can, at times be unclear of what is being sung. We took all the advice and feedback on board, and will correct them later on in the process.