Five Re-Edit

A recent task we were set was to re-edit part of the original music video for 'Everybody Get Up'. To do this, we were given all the different shots in a jumbled up order, and had to cut them apart and make them fit once more with the music.



This extract took us around 30 minutes, which highlighted how complex the editing really is. For example, some of the shots are much less than a second long, meaning that we needed to do some very fine editing. What we realised in this task was that many of the shots were from the same takes, albeit presented in a spread out manner. As far as we could distinguish, there were at least 8 different camera set ups, presumably with more that ended up on the cutting room floor.

Overall, this exercise helped us understand how complex creating a music video really is, especially if there is quick editing involved. We are all looking forward to beginning the production stages next week.