Foo Fighters Exercise

What I had to do:

First of all I watched the Foo Fighters-Pretender music video to give us an understanding of what the music video actually looks like. I got given a storyboard in order for me to sketch each clip of the music video up to 40 seconds. The storyboards allowed me to take a look of how quick each clip changes and the different angles and movements that were used. I stopped the video each time the clip changed, I then drew what was there. Once I finally sketched each clip up to 40 seconds, I then had to photograph them using a digital camera. I done this so I can make my own animatic of the music video in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. I imported all of the photographs that were taken and also imported the original Foo Fighters-Pretender music video into Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. I added the music video onto my animatic in the bottom right corner to show exactly how I am mimicing it. I then had to add my photographs onto video 1 on Adobe Premiere Pro in the correct order to create my animatic. I had to cut down, scale and position my clips in the right timing to what it is on the original music video to succeed my animatic. 

What I learnt by doing this task:

During this process of analysing music videos, I have learnt many new things. I have found out that editing music videos correctly and accurately are very important. I have seen that the more clips, angles and movement there are, the better the music video. On the other hand, clips that change fast may not suit the genre of music. An example of this is a very fast beat rock song, may include faster music clips than there would be in a classical song. The number and speed of clips should relate to how fast or slow the music is. 

How is editing music videos different from editing thrillers?

Editing music videos are very different from editing thrillers as it consists of more editing techniques. Whilst editing my thriller, I didn't seem to change the clips as quickly as music videos would as it would destroy the suspension being created. However, clips are usually fast in music videos to create a good storyline by using as many angles and movements as possible. Whilst editing a music video it is crucial to make sure that the lip synching is in time with the music, without this the music video would be a failure. This consists of more editing as the sound over the top would have to meet the movement of the mouth accurately.