Editing Techniques

Yellow - Coldplay



For our music video, we had the idea of using slow-motion transitions combined with long takes so that it would give an atmospheric and abstract feel to the video. This editing technique can be seen in this video by 'Coldplay', and it will be only be used on the going-out people (when they are walking and during the band performance at different points). In order to achieve this whilst still retaining the correct timing of the lip-syncing, we'll have to speed the song up at a different tempo.

The Pretender - Foo Fighters



Using the slow-motion transitions, as said before, we were also interested in the editing technique that involves fast cutting so that the performance of the band is seen in a large collection of consecutive shots (such as close-ups, long-shots, mid-shots etc) . This was used to make the band seem more dynamic with their instruments. We might use this technique when it comes to our band performance so that it can give a dynamic feel to the video.

Early Birdie - Owl City



The editing techniques used in this video are purely made up of various split-screen clips. This allows the video to use montage editing and some of continuity editing whilst using parallel editing to show the many events that are happening at the same time within the video (such as the vocalist, main character, moving cars etc). In our video, we want to use the idea of a person having two split personalities, and using this technique, we can use split-screens to show the events happening between both of them. One side goes out to cause havoc, and the other stays at home and does nothing.