Galvanize-Rough Cut

Personally i think the rough cut video is 'good' but not at its best standard yet. Even though there is still much more to add on and highlight our editing techniques, there are some shots that need to be either taken out or edited to make it look more stylish and continuous. At the moment it looks simple and implies a sense of amateurism. Conversely, when we add the the rest of the shots and create an impact on the editing to portray the shots slick and up to beat; the music video theme would sit into its place and would be enjoyable to watch.-
( Bilal Salli )

I think the rough cut is good but the main problem is that it's unfinished. We need to include a variety of different shot types eg close ups of Jack doing the grafitti, add special effects to give it a class-looking production. The main critism we received from the teachers is that it was unfinished, however they did really like the editing of different locations.


Of course the main problem with our rough cut so far is that it is unfinished.Bearing that in mind,I still feel that it is a solid piece of work.I think the main thing to take away from this cut is the fact that it creates a solid foundation in terms of the sequencing and pacing for our music video.For example the alternating between shots of the graffiti scene,to the shots of our dancer were a result of editing to the beat and seeing what fitted each part of the song the best.It also helped our storyline of the song and this is where the 'pacing' comes in.So far the first minute and a half of Galvanize is building up to a slow paced 'drop' in the middle in which the speed of the music changes drastically.To contrast with our fast paced editing in the beginning, we are planning to use our footage of the bellydancer in the middle.We are most likely going to add some effects to this sequence,so far we are thinking either/both slow motion and a strobe light effect to make the shots feel as though they were coming from a lively club.This also acts as a mechanism to make people forget about our shots of me spraying graffiti from earlier on,so when we go back to them towards the the second half of the video, they will feel more fresh in the minds of the viewer.This diversity of shots and locations we stop the video from getting stale halfway through.We have the amount of filming we did to thank for this.

The main criticism we have received so far from our teachers have been about the sequence towards the end,from about 1:14 to 1:29.Although the concept is good and I think it fits in well with the pace and feel of the video, the shots here last a bit too long and will need to be edited.This is an editing issue, not a  footage issue,so this should be an easy fix.Perhaps we could start by playing around with the order of the shots a bit more and experiment with it.