Task: Edit a Music Video

To develop skills in editing and define the conventions of editing in music videos

Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the footage from an editors perspective
Reconstruct the Hot Chip example deonstrating advanced edit skills 
Analyse the construction of beat editing and lip synching and cut rate in a music video 

Editing Skills Task: Shot for shot remake, edit the raw footage: 1 minute of the music video as per the example


Demonstrate the following skills:


Beat editing
Lip synching

Step 1: Drag in and render the audio track for Hot Chip - i feel better
Step 2: Identify the correct angles for the verse and chorus
Step 3: Synch the performance moving the clips left and right in the time-line to adjust and fine tune
Step 4: Cut to the beat of the song duplicating the cut rate and shot types ofthe orginal
Step 5: Colour correct and add effects as required
Step 6: Export and upload to youtube and embed into your blog
Step 7: Evaluate the work on your blog from an editor's perspective and comment on what you have learned about the conventions of music video editing

Support:
See Danny & Rosie's examples from last year (need to search under June scroll down through post)