Evaluation of Rough Cut

We have had to put a rough cut this week, simply using our performance footage that we shot last week.  We wanted to provide excitement in our rough cut and make sure that it is gripping for an audience to look at. The main feature of the performance that I found testing was trying to show the concept or the emotion of Maxim through a diverse range of shots that I could edit from. I found that the vast amount of clips that we could choose from made the task easier.

There are many positives to our rough cut. Firstly when I was editing, I made sure that our entire band as featured individually to show the importance of each of them in a group. I gave a lot of the camera time to Maxim due to his predominant role in our music video. The clips fit together very nicely and, I believe, clearly illustrate the basis of our concept without even inserting the narrative clips yet.

However there are also many aspects of our rough cut that can be improved on. Accuracy when editing is key and our video needs to be specifically cut to the beat. This makes the final piece look a lot smoother. Moreover I believe that some clips in our rough cut have not been placed correctly in the video. We will need to change some of the clips around to match the concept even more. We want to make it as fun to watch as possible however we also want our audience to be able to grasp the concept easily.

Although our rough cut requires some attention I believe that it provides an audience with some incredible footage. We incorporated some amazing shots and I really look forward to our final piece. We need to add the narrative scenes in and also make sure that all parts of our video are cut to the beat.