To edit my music video I used Sony Movie Studio Platinum 13.0 for Windows. I found that this software features many effects and transitions that create a professional final products. I had purchased this software from Steam for £40 in early 2015, and so I had already educated myself in how to use it before I came to edit my music video. I used an editing technique so that the clips would transition in time to the music, especially towards the end of the music video.
One of the clips that I used I had to reverse. This is because the lyrics were "in my left hand there is the familiar, in my right hand there's the great unknown" but the clip had been filmed to show my right hand first, and then my left hand, and so it didn't make sense. To do this, I right-clicked on the footage and left-clicked "Reverse". It was simple and easy to do.
For this clip, I used a "darker, more contrast" filter. I dislike how my mouth looks, as I'd put too much makeup on, and the protagonist is meant to be without makeup. Therefore I decreased the brightness and increased the contrast in order for the makeup to stand out less.
Some of the clips I had cropped so that only what was needed to be shown was shown, such as the ones in which I am struggling against rope. I believe that closeups look far more professional than long shots.
I had turned down the gain on the audio from the footage so that it didn't interfere with the song.
I used a "fade" transition for some of the clips at the start of the second verse. This was to show the similarities between both narratives, as the protagonist was struggling against herself in both,
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