Editing session #1: Lip-sync cut

Today, I was able to go to the editing suite to review all our footage that we gained from our shoot day and review it and start the editing process. 

First, I had to complete a lip-sync cut and to begin this I reviewed all the shots that contained lip-syncing (this sets were the sofa, wall of clocks, projections and the pendulum) which largely consisted of wide, mid and close ups as well as some on the dolly and track- these were all filmed on 25f.p.s meaning that it was shot at a normal speed. Once I overviewed all the footage containing our artist, I started to draw a timeline on a piece of paper of a rough idea of how I wanted to cut the video to turn out. To do this, I created a line that went up or down depending on how upbeat the section of the song was and therefore matched a lip-sync set to each section:

After this, I started to translate this timeline onto Premiere Pro by placing all the relevant footage from each set in a rough chronological order. Then, I began to cut the shots more precisely and paying attention to detail as to where I wanted specific shots and where. I ran into some trouble when initially editing as in some of the footage we gained, the artist didn't know the lyrics and therefore some of the shots couldn't be used but I was able to work around it and I know that when I come to placing in non-sync shots I can cover up some mistakes. 

Today, I was able to complete the full lip-sync cut which I am really happy with; I was able to blend each set in the music video together by introducing each set during the final section of the set before. I also successfully cut to the beat to the music which is important in creating a music video that looks effective and coherent. 

Tomorrow, in my next editing session, I will be able to start to review our non sync footage which we shot in 50f.p.s which I am excited to start to play around with and place over the lip-sync cut to enhance our video.