The final editing process was split evenly between the whole group. Lewis and Bethan first selected some of our clips and edited the sound levels. Shannon and I then went in a few days later and pieced together our whole story, added the music and faded the sound in and out during the interview segments. Lewis was then able to polish it off and edit any remaining bits of sound that weren't quite right. Everything which was included in the our final video was shot on our second shoot. We did manage to get some nice close ups on the first shoot but in comparison to the new footage, the quality was pretty poor so we decided it was best to leave them out.
We had initially planned to include video clips of Joe in his band and perhaps some images too. However, as Joe hasn't been in the band for long they are yet to release a music video with him in it. We did find some live footage and pictures but the quality wasn't very good at all. I think this would have looked very out of place in our video so we decided to leave it out. In retrospect I don't think they would have been completely necessary anyway as Joe does a good job of explaining his journey without the need for visuals.
I am really happy with the final video we have produced. Unlike our first rough cut. our final video tells a story which flows much more smoothly. Joe comes across much more confident and his personality shines through a little more. I'm really glad that we were able to use two cameras for the outside performance. I think we did a really good job at cutting and changing between the stationary and hand held camera as this provided much more variety than what we previously had.
