EDITING BOOKLET

John Dumo

In terms of editing it really depends on personal

preferences and what programmes you are
comfortable using, for me I used a mixture of Adobe
After Effects, Premier and Sony Vegas Pro 12.
What I would usually do is section off several parts of
the music video (usually in 1/4).
The first stage of creating our music video is to
transfer all footage from any Cameras & SD cards to a
computer or a safe hard drive. The advantage of using
a hard drive is that the footage can be edited on
several computers not just one.
Once footage is transferred over take some time to sift
through them this allows the editor to find the right

The footage is then relocated to After Effects ready for any

editable imperfections, such as jitters and bumps, which
occur when filming. The shots are imported by simply clicking
file>import>fotage In this case there were very little as a
glide cam was used making the footage smooth. To correct
this there is a filter effect called Warp Stabiliser this is used
to warps parts of the video to hide any flaws but the down
side to this is that some parts of video may look out of place.
The common place for over doing Warp Stabiliser is the
shadows these become noticeably warped and out of place.

Once the imperfections are corrected the accurate shot

is inserted into the timeline of the music with a simple
drag and drop (Sony Vegas). Its at this stage each shot is
shortened or extended or slowed down to accommodate
for the pace and feeling of the song. This can be done by
holding down Control Button and extending the footage
(slow down) or shortening the footage (speed up).

Markers are then inserted to highlight each part of the music

video the scene has to change; this is cutting to the beat.
Simply pressing the M button at the desired time can do this.
This then repeated for all four sections slightly varying in
terms of how much editing is needed.

Once all footage is in place the colour correction has to be done.

This means changing the temperature of the overall video to fit for
what type of feeling we are trying to convey, in this case we are
conveying sadness, loneliness and the feeling of distance. This can
be done by clicking the Video FX tab and selecting colour
correction and changing the temperature to the following
parameters.

At this stage I started editing the text message overlay, which

in terms of previous editing is more complex than it sounds.
The process includes calculations, custom movements and
small coding, which mainly occurred during shape movement.
Once the overlay is complete I export or render the footage
using a more professional in programme algorithm of Adobe
After Effects.

Time-lapse sequence in this video is quite short but worth it as it

mainly used to show progression of time and how the character
has developed over time.
To achieve this effect I changed the image time length in Sony
Vegas from 1 seconds to 0.116 making the images a time-lapse
sequence. Approximately 250 images are used in this time-lapse.

CONVEYING INFORMATION

In conjunction with the lyrical analysis. We try to convey the love

felt meaning of the song Apparently By J. Cole, but not in the
sense of son to mother but instead friend to friend. For example
in the post hook it mentions how J. Cole left his mother to pursue
his career in new york and how even through this neglect his
mother still supports his success.
This is the same affection conveyed between the two characters
and even through the struggle they still care for each other.