Rough Cut Evaluation:

We approached the editing for the rough cut by firstly digitising all of our footage on to final cut pro. We then had to log all of the footage naming each shot so that we were able to easily find the shots we wanted. We decided to start off by laying down our best wide shot of the band. We did this so we had a basis to work from. From this we were able to find our place in the song easily and also make it easier to sync the instruments with the song. After we had chosen our favourite wide shot we began to choose the shots to lay in to our basis. We were originally going to follow the story board but then when it actually came to editing it we did not use it nearly as much as we thought we would. We chose a tracking shot as our basis to work from because we wanted more movement in the video. Even after all the time spent editing the first draft we still need to turn it black and white, make the whole video tighter and use after effects for the breath.

The weaknesses of our first draft is that the zooming in movement shots, however much we like them don’t fit with the rest of the video. So we have to take these shots out and choose other ones that fit in with the video more. Another weakness is that some of the drums are out of sync and so we have to make sure they are perfectly in sync by the final draft. We also have to vary the shots of the band members more as we are mainly focusing on the lead singer and the drummer at the moment. There are also a lot of strengths in this first draft such as the blending layers already being done. Also the quick cuts of shots at the end of the video, this looks really professional and helps the video to reach a climax. The shots of the third location of the snow I think works really well but will work even better in black and white. All in all I am really content with our first draft but I think that in black and white it will look more professional and unique.