Editing Process:

This is a screen shot of Final Cut Pro X which is the tool that I'm using in editing my music video. I have so far uploaded 2 drafts of my music video and the editing is coming along well with the help from audience feedback, which is a vital part in the editing process as I can improve the video according to the wants and needs of the target audience.

I have been focusing on the last part of the music video where Natalie is introduced, and using a montage style to put together some clips that portray a hopeful and more upbeat image of Beth's life, as opposed to the dark and depressive first part. As you can see from the main image below of Beth and Natalie, they are laughing, and I have edited it so that Beth seems to be coming gradually happier, as she plays on the swings with her friend; the same swings that she was on before on her own when a lonely image is portrayed.

I have experimented with cross dissolves and varied the length of them, to show one part of Beth's life blurring into another, giving the effect of time passing. I also adapted the lighting in the first section of the video to be a lot more darker and dreary, but kept the lighting normal for the second part to represent her life lighting up as she begins to move on.