Editing Workshop

 One of the main things that have to be ideal in the editing of the music video editing is the fact that the picture has to be the same as the sound. It is important to do so mainly because it will make the music video better and it will make it smoother.  The other important thing is the fact that the group of the same type of shots has to be together, and the name of each shot has to be clear not only for yourself but also to any member of the group. It has to be done that way so that if worst comes to worst and the editor will not be able to edit, anyone else will be able to continue to do so because the shots will be grouped together in the right order and it would also make it clear for other people. 

Performance cut is the main thing that has to be done, it has to ve the first thing that the editor will do. Because throughout the editing you(as an editor) will be able to cut back to the performance part of the video.  The other important thing that has to be done in editing the music video, is that when there are the first lyrics of the song the face of the lead singer must be shown, his face must be shown. It has to be done that way so that the audience member(listener) will know who's song is it and who is singing it. The same rule applies to other members of a band, it is also done for the same reason, for the audience to not be confused with who is who. Another good thing to consider, while editing the music video is to follow both, movement of the camera and the movement of the action. This way the video will be more interesting to watch and it will also make it smoother. 

Looking at how it is the best to do editing you start with the syncing footage and making it look as neat as possible. Then you move to performance cut (which will essentially become your main shot to which you will refer throughout the editing process). After doing that you can start adding the extra elements of the shoot ar the narrative elements of the shoot.  Only after that you can clean the edit and move on the effect shots and finally color those parts that are needed to be. There is a right way of editing and sort of layout of the editing process mainly due to the fact that you do the most important in the beginning and only then clearing up and making it look pretty.

As well as these important rules and the ones that you should be aware of there are ones that are also have to be taken into consideration. This includes the fact that you do not do a rough cut at any point of your editing due to the fact that it just wastes time at it is easier to do the best cut possible from the beginning.  Another thing is to focus on 10 seconds of footage at a time, it is important as if you will do a lot of different footage and a time at some point you will not have enough time for all of them or some of them will not be as good. The other thing which comes out from the previous one is the fact that for a better effectivity it is recommended to edit for an hour and then to take a little break, that way you can focus better on work and also find yourself more productive.  The last and not the least im[ortant thing is to not show at any point your work that has not been finished yet to anyone apart from your teacher, not even to your groupmates. It is crucial because people might take your idea, or they might tell you that everything is too good or, another way too bad, which probably(most likely) will not be an objective opinion.