Editing Techniques for my music video

The use of Black and white

Me and my partner have chosen to use a black and white effect to show flash backs to the good times. We have chosen this create more of an effect because our video is supposed to be create emotion and have a reflective mood. 

The use of Sepia 
Me and my partner have chosen to have sepia as an option for us to create a dramatic atmosphere. We are not yet sure if we are going to include sepia yet as we are going to see if it works when we get the footage.

The use of ttransitions: 

• Smooth transition- we want our transitions to be soft as the song is very slow. This transition will help the shots move along nicely, making it it feel like a real music video.
• Dissolve will help us when our character finally dies as we want the shots to be long without it being one whole take. This also helps us with going back to the artist which is a form of performance.

The use of jump cuts and graphic match
The two editing techniques will help make our video different from others as it creates more of an effect. The jump cut will be used when showing the flashbacks and the graphic match will be shown through the use of two character's eyes. This will help show the main plot to the music video to show how the little boy is the artist singing.

Slow motion
The use of slow motion will help bring out the audience's emotion towards the characters in this video. We want to also showcase the mothers struggles as she feels she Will be stuck in that bad situation forever and that there is no way out. We want the audience to feel what the mother is going through and slow motion will help to show the hard life of a single mother going through a lot of things.