Editing My Video Work

During the production of my video, one of the most major questions that I faced was whether or not to make the image black and white after all as I was not quite happy with the result of this. It really distorted the quality of the image, and I felt it was too dark, dingy and mysterious for the more hopeful tone. My most major concern, however was that it may be difficult for audiences to distinguish between the three narratives, due to the most obvious difference between the three being setting and colour tones. I therefore set about to work out what effect I should apply to the video in the early stages of editing, with the following results...

A just stauration-extreme black and white

• Too dark
• Glum
• Effects quality of image
• Hard t distinguish between narratives
• Although fairly conventional
• Fits tone of the video

Increase brightness

• Far too bright
• Could barely see facial expression
• But gives video a dreamlike glow
• Challenges conventions slightly-always important
• Prevents the flow of the video

No effect at all

•  Natural, easier to focus on the images and narratives
• Easier to distinguish between narratives due to colour tone
• Simpler
• Gives the artist in particular a more glamorous look
• More realistic
• The most conventional

Slightly saturated

• Slight dull tone, but not too much so
• Emphasis on glum nature of the characters situation
• Easier on the eye
• Dulls down tones
• Makes video and footage more memorable
• Best option!

Therefore, after some serious consideration and deliberation, I decided to go for the slightly saturated element to my video. The rest of the editing process ran fairly smoothly, with timing issues with regards to the syncing of the artists mouth in time to the track proving the most problematic. I felt that at this stage, the range and amount of footage I gathered was just right to ensure that each narrative was clear enough to understand  although some concerns about how 'boring' or perhaps not clear enough each narrative was did arise. Despite some minor hitches, the editing process of my video task was in fact fairly quickly done due the amount of planning I carried out earlier in my project-reminding me how crucial the careful planning of every element of a moving image text is.