I then wanted to try something else, and I chose the subtract blend mode, which

turned the image of the flowers blue which was not what I wanted but it allowed me
to rule it out as an option.

Below is the multiply blend option at 50% opacity. It makes it look like the flowers are
on the floor. It makes the overall image look flat whereas in the original photo there's
a bit of depth.

Multiply with 90% opacity

After trying out several options, I think that I prefer the lighten blend mode so now I
just have to choose the opacity that I think works best. It was trial and error.
30% opacity:

50% opacity
60% opacity

I preferred the 40% opacity in lighten mode with the cropped version of the photo, so
I went with that. It didn’t draw too much away from the dance and the flowers were
not too distracting.

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16 May 2021
Another critique I had was to intertwine the dance footage so that it connected more
to the story. So, I took this as a chance to look with a fresh pair of eyes at footage I
had. I had grown to hate the way that I originally edited ‘She.’
It made me realise more that the lyrics accompanying the clips can change the
overall mood and the way that the footage is interpreted by the viewer, so I am glad
that I reorganised the footage. As well as reorganising I took out some clips and
looked at other footage I had shot for the project but didn’t include in the edit. I feel
like the changes gave it a new lease of life. The song lyrics go from being infatuated
with a girl to realising that the girl does not feel the same so when it got to the bridge
of the song, I started introducing water to the footage as water is used to symbolise
human teardrops. I want to make it obvious that things were going to end up bad.
There is an almost overwhelming amount of water; raindrops on a window, the sea
meeting the mouth of a river, the sea underneath a sunset and then the rippling
waves, they are all one after another too so there is nothing to split them apart. I was
foreshadowing with all the water footage.
Re-editing/reorganising sparked more ideas. While editing I had the idea to create a
flashback of the video calls over the footage of me penning ‘she’ on the envelope. I
selected short pieces of the video calls and sped them up a little, I wanted them to
be a visual way to say that ‘the good memories have flown by too quickly’ and it also
is a visual representation of how quickly the relationship went.
Timeline of video:
I prefer the way I edited so it will be the version that I hand in. Even though it uses
several of the same clips I think it works better as a cohesive music video because of
the rearrangement.

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17 May 2021.
Today another class critique gave me feedback and they suggested taking the
flowers that are overlaid on the dance footage away completely so I am going to
change that tomorrow, I thought that the background looked a bit plain but that might
have been because it was a 40 second chunk at the beginning so it might not look as
bad now because the dance is split across the music video.
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18 May 2021.
Today, I quickly made the final changes to ‘She’ I just had to delete the photos of the
flowers that I overlayed during the dancing footage. This was a quick edit; the
exporting took longer than the actual editing. This now means that the editing of both
music videos is completely done. I am happy that I have kept going back to the edit
to ensure that I had a good outcome, I tried out some things and got to know what
footage looked best.
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22 May 2021
After more feedback on my work, I had a few more changes to make to the video.
The changes I needed to make today were to higher the contrast of the scenes with
the video calls. This was easy to do as I just had to select the clip and change the
contrast slider in the colour tab. I definitely think that changing this helped the video
look more polished, but I could have altered the exposure, highlights, and the other
correction options.
Today I also added in the second set of text messages as during the reorganising of
‘she’ I completely forgot to add the, it was also an easy change as I just had to copy
it from the previous version and paste it to the current version.
A piece of feedback I received was to change the title so that it looks more
professional, but I feel as though the title suits the video. However, I changed it from
a white background to a black background and I made it fade into the dance section.
Adjusting this made the title move with fluidity into the video.

I also made changes to rainbow; I slowed down the rolling credits so that they were
easier to read. I changed the typing at the beginning, so it was easier to read line by
line as before the two lines were being typed at the same time which made it hard to
read. I also changed the timing of the typing at the end too. It was good having a
refresher of the keyframes. One piece of feedback said that I should have changed it
to say ‘love, 21 year old me’ to be consistent with the start, ‘dear 13 year old me’ but
as it is a letter to my past self from my current self, so it made sense to me that it
needed to end with ‘you’. The video is about becoming confident with who I am.
Another piece of feedback I received was to ensure the lip syncing was in line with
the audio, but I watched the footage in premiere pro, and it did not seem out of sync
to me.
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23 May 2021.
After overnight consideration and lots of overthinking I decided to change it from
‘love, 21 year old you’ to ‘love, 21 year old me’ as it still makes sense, and I am still
me even if it says you because me/you are pronouns used to describe people
without giving them a gendered term. It's an interchangeable pronoun It doesn’t
make the letter any different as it is a personal pronoun. I wanted to keep my name
out of it and use pronouns such as I, me, you so that viewers that are/ have been on
the same journey could easily relate it to themselves.

Also, as I had made changes to some of the footage in ‘she’ I had to remake the
trailer. I want to use the trailers to promote the video so it is important that I update
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the previous trailer. As for the trailer from May 9 for rainbow, all I needed to change
was the colour grading, there isn't any footage changed in ‘rainbow’, so it was a
quick change compared to ‘She’.
I also added an end-slate to the trailers to give the viewers information on the
release. This was easy as I just needed to add a text box, write the information of the
release, and align it.

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24 May
Today I updated my trailers, my lecturer suggested using just one clip for the rainbow
trailer. Due to the theming, a lot of the shots are strong and gripping so instead of
having a montage of the music video I chose the clip where I wrapped a pride flag
around myself. I feel like this change meant the trailer is less revealing but it is still a
moving trailer. Because of what the flag represents people understand what the
music video is going to be about even with limited information to go off of. I also
made the audio fade out on both trailers as it originally ended abruptly.
With ‘She’ I took the title out because I included the shot with the letter and the
lavender plant at the end of the trailer, so I felt like typing the title in the trailer was
unnecessary.
After making the final changes, I uploaded them to a few of my social media sites.
The official music videos get released tomorrow onto my YouTube channel and I
have chosen to premiere them.
Screenshots of folders with all edited versions:

Trailer folder screenshot:

Summary of editing.
I learned a lot about editing for this project. I picked up skills that I'll be able to use in
my career and improve upon. I am happy that there are many variations of my film
as you can see my progression from the start to the end. I am proud of the editing for
these music videos. I have persevered and ended up with a strong piece of work.
At times I really enjoyed the editing process for these music videos, I learnt a lot
while enjoying the theming.