Today I cut together the second routine for this piece. I knew that I wanted lots of fast cuts in order to match the pace of the edit to the music and the actions of the dancers. I started by going through each shot, naming it and deciding which ones I was going to start with. I chose the best long shot of the routine as a base and then started cutting my favourite close ups in. Once I had all of the close ups in, including two split screens that I put together in After Effects, I then used frames from the mid shots to cut into the base sequence so that one shot wasn't on screen for too long.
I found this edit easier than I thought I would, mainly because I used the music track as a guide. Each of the clips had the music in the background so I was easily able to identify exactly when one clip started by what word was being sung at the time.
I am really pleased with the edit and hope that when I show it to people they will like it just as much as I do. The next stage for this routine is the visual effects. I have not quite decided what effects I am going to use because I am not sure that the freeze frame effect I used in the slow routine, or the light streaks effect I looked into will fit with this routine. I have plenty of time to figure it out so I may do some more research and look for an effect that looks really good and will fit with this routine.
I have also worked a little more on the slow routine today. I added an extra freeze frame near the beginning of the piece and I am now happy with this routine as well, although I would like to show my tutor the video to see what his opinion and advice is.
I have not yet decided how I am going to transition from one routine to the next, so this is something else I need to look into.
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