Editing The Video - Editing Techniques

After getting feedback, we found that having the same editing technique (cutting between eras) for both dances during the video meant the effect lost its impact. To counter this, we decided to test different techniques that we could possibly use.

Firstly we tried cutting the footage in half horizontally, so that the lower halves of our bodies were in a different era from our upper halves. We found that this only worked with certain clips, as we were not in the same position in every era, meaning our bodies look disjointed.

We then tried having more than one era on the screen at a time, both with four eras and two eras. We found this was better than cutting the shots in half, as it avoided disorientating the audience with disjointed bodies. We found that having two eras on the screen was better than four, as it kept the focus on the couple. By having four eras on the screen, it means the couple is reduced in size, and therefore the impact of the dance is lost.

This is the final cut of our second dance sequence:

We removed the four eras on a screen, and stuck to having two or three; this meant that the focus was kept on the couple.