How we made our video..

Once we had filmed our footage we had to upload it to Adobe Premier Pro CS4, the software programme we used to edit our video.

This was the first time we'd ever seen this programme and when we first saw it, it looked far more complicated than it actually is. This is what we initially saw once we had opened the software.


After uploading our footage onto the software, the sequences come up in the left hand corner like this.....


We then dragged it onto the timeline to begin editing. Once we had done this it was important for us to load our song from a memory stick to itunes. We then imported the song onto the software and dragged the music onto the time line the same way in which we did the footage. We could therefore begin to edit our footage in time to the music.


If we wanted to select any section of footage, to either edit, move or delete it we used the Selection tool shown.




Once we had uploaded our footage we needed to cut it into frames. To do this we had to use the razor tool shown.




This was the outcome of cutting our footage into each single frame. As you can see, it comes up very small on the screen making it almost impossible to edit anything. We therefore had to use this


to enlarge the image and zoom into the clips, making it easier for us to edit the footage.



               Throughout the song there are times in which we felt the cuts had to be smoother. We therefore decided to use a video transition to create a cut from one frame to another smoothly and that also fits in with the songs tempo. We played around with all the dissolves, wipes, slides etc until we found one which suited our video best. To add this effect we had to drag the cross dissolve shown on the left, into the time line and onto one of our clips.

To add to the humour of the video we decided to reverse certain parts of the video to emphasise the 'drama' of a specific scene. This is shown in 'the push' and 'the trip' sequences. We found this a good way to make the video more exciting and individual and really reinforced the competition between the two girls. For various clips in our video we felt it appropriate for the video to speed up certain sections. Its noticeable mainly in the gym scenes as this helps to create an exciting and humerous atmosphere which is spot on for the theme of our video. Above is how we changed the speed of the clip and how we reversed it.