editing with a pretty slow song

dbzrkyyh · Post by **dbzrkyyh** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 10:04 pm

ok well ive been thinking about a vid lately but the song is basically just strumming on a guitar . and i dont know wut type of syncing i could do with this vid be sides lyrical and may be some scene changes the song is ..smile empty soul - i want my life ,...if n e one was wondering or wanted to check it ou... if any of uknow of n e other types of editing i could use on a slow song like this please let me know

liveordie56 · Post by **liveordie56** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 10:42 pm

hmmmm...maybe for those guitar tones at the end of each tone, i don't know how to explain it, I'm not a guitarist, but at the end of each guitar thing when it does the high pitch with the guitar, there could be a clip starting in from the left and going through to the end through the right quickly.

TokyoU15 · Post by **TokyoU15** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 12:01 am

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What the hell are you two talking about? I can't understand half the shit dbzrkyyh said, but what I did manage to grasp is a simple answer...experiment.

Try different things on and pick the one that works best. Is the guitar riff (or solo) slow? fast? Is is distorted (metal perhaps)? If it's slow, try a combination of soft and somewhat slow fades.

Wonka · Post by **Wonka** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 2:47 am

Go for feel. It dosnt have to synch to a beat, just find the tone and pace of the song, and try and reflect that through scene selection, use of footage (or lack there of in some cases) and amount of motion to clip as compared to the pace of the song.

Of course this is just what I would do, so take it as you wish. Best of luck.

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 3:12 am

Wonka wrote:Go for feel. It dosnt have to synch to a beat, just find the tone and pace of the song, and try and reflect that through scene selection, use of footage (or lack there of in some cases) and amount of motion to clip as compared to the pace of the song.

Of course this is just what I would do, so take it as you wish. Best of luck.

Damn it Wonka! Why you gotta say what I was gonna say?

Yeah do what he says...it's called using the musical flow...or just using the music. It's something I am really impressed with when done right (well to me). Do what you feel like doing..it's your video and obviously you interpret the song accordingly.

Pie Row Maniac · Post by **Pie Row Maniac** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 5:12 am

In a slow song or dramatic video, I tend to use a lot of fading, both into clips and into black. Drama videos with "sudden cuts" for lack of better term leave me feeling like it could've been done better.

Although to be perfectly honest, it DOES depend on how the video is constructed... so in other words, the above paragraph might mean jack.

Jonathan02us · Post by **Jonathan02us** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 1:36 pm

Well for slow songs, u definitely have to fade in and out slowly, it just makes things move more smoothly. Combine the different fade in and outs to give u amv a better feeling. Mix it up so that its not all the same transition because that gets boring. My main point as with the other peoples points are that to experiment, change stuff around to get the feeling right, so that when ur done with the amv, u'll be all happy and other people will be happy too.

koronoru · Post by **koronoru** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 4:09 pm

I use primarily straight cuts, no matter what style of song I'm editing to. With slower songs, I use more fades and fancy transitions, but still, fewer of those than of straight cuts. If you time the cuts right, they aren't as intrusive as you might imagine; and just try watching a "real" (as in, professionally made and published) movie or television show and counting the transitions. Straight cuts almost all the way through. Even on game shows and sports telecasts where they have cheesy elaborate tradmark transitions that we AMVers would turn up our noses at, they only use those once for at least four or five straight cuts. Also note the special "closing fan" (I'm not sure how else to describe it) transition in Fruits Basket, where the screen splits into two halves that open and close - it only comes up at most three or four times per episode.

dbzrkyyh · Post by **dbzrkyyh** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 8:49 pm

k thnx ill try to keep that all in mind