Progress

Editing is going very well, in fact I am near enough finished and I'm ready to hand my video in. It has gone pretty smoothly, and I have learnt a variety of new skills from Final Cut, such as the way I can use fades effectively for both music and video clips. Also, I have learnt how colour can be used, changing the majority of my video to black and white to hopefully portray the emotion and mood I hoped to create. My flashbacks also provide an interesting use of colour, I raised the saturation to give a warm, happy feel to show the bond between the two main characters and how it contrasts to the black and white used throughout most of the video. I also decided to use some classical music and a quote which I hope reflects my overall narrative at the start of the video, to add some perspective and branching off slightly from the actual video.

I have received some feedback from some people who watched the video. Before I had changed the start of my video, Sarah and Emily, both 18, thought I should maybe take out the vocal acting, which I then did. Some other constructive criticism was from Megan, 18, who thought I should maybe changed the font of my '3 months later', which I'm thinking of changing. Some positive feedback was Emily and Sarah were big fans of the 'hand brush' scene, with Prince, 18 saying he liked the use of lights, especially the bus lights. Harry, 17, was a big fan of the video in general and Megan, 18, liked the transition between black and white to colour.

Overall, I am pleased with my progress and the feedback I am receiving, with the video reducing one observer, Airi, 18, to tears, which I took as a positive, which may sound harsh, but it shows my emotion is being portrayed well.