Editing

When it came to editing, I ended up chopping and changing my clips and ideas more times than I could count! Despite using my three point light kit, the conrast between light and shadows still proved to be a slight issue within filming. However, I began searching for these contrats as I feel they added depth to each shot, especially amongst my 'click' clips. 

Once editing began, I immediately knew I wanted my video in black and white, as from my later research I found that there is not many video's that are pictured entirely in black and white; here is where I want my uniqueness to shine from. 

The emphasis on hands is also mirrored with the emphasis on my models eyes. With this in mind, I then began to experiment with the 'pleasentville effect', keeping my black and white theme, yet colourising their pupils to continue to add depth and interest. 

With this idea in mind, I then began to experiment with this effect on some of my other shots too, such as the one to the right, the red lipstick and the Naked 2 pallet both being in colour, and the rest still within the black and white theme.

At 2:16 seconds, my removal of make-up process begins. After careful consideration, I decided to begin to add colour saturation gradually, until the end shows all of my models in complete colour. This saturation grew by 5% each time, starting at 80% all the way through to 0%. I feel like this works really well with my overall message of my music video, as the colour adds the life and energy back into my models, as they are free from their cover up.

Above is an example of the same clip, but with and without my change in saturation. It is clear that this is not an obvious change, but I do prefer the overall look and feel of this change. 

The photo above is a side panel within Final Cut Pro which I used to originally apply my 'pleasentville effect'. I had to add and drop the 'colour correction' effect onto select clips in order to then change and modify my overall clips appearance. It ended up being surprisingly easy once I got the hang of it. 


A final thought- People don't live in black and white anymore, they live in colour. Simplicity is beauty and by my ending highlighting my models true beauty through colour, it highlight this further. No longer do they need to live in black and white, behind make-up, they can live in natural colour.