Above is a tester of the cutting between the eras during the narrative. This was done in order to try and speed up the editing pace of our video, and make it more interesting, as previously it had seemed too slow and therefore slightly boring.
Cutting between the eras was used here (between 50s and 70s) and between the 80s and 90s shots, as these were the most appropriate places to use it, the cuts working alongside both the music and visuals.
I like the fact that it has sped up the editing pace here, but I did prefer it before, when it would simply cut between the era shots, rather than cutting back and forth. However, I think it was necessary to do this, as our audience would otherwise get bored of our video due to the slow editing pace.
Feedback:
The feedback we received on our this version of our music video was that using the same editing style for both dances made the second one lose it's impact, so it was suggested that we perhaps try split-screens in order to make the second dance more interesting. Below is an example of us testing out the different split-screens.
I personally didn't particularly like having the bodies split into two, as often the movements were not exactly the same between the two eras. When it was one person either side of the split, it worked okay, but not brilliantly, however it remained a possibility to be used.
Another style that we tried was split-screens with different eras alongside each other, rather than splitting the bodies. We tried this with a 'four tiles' style, and also a simple split-screen, as you can see below.
I preferred the simple split-screen rather than the tiles, as the tiles were far more distracting and made it harder to see the detail of the choreography, whereas in the simple split-screen, the choreography looks more synchronised between the eras (as opposed to the split-bodied style) and the couple remain the focus, continuing the video's key theme of love through the ages.
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