Editing

From the research I did, I knew that in making a fashion film the music would be a huge part in the success of the final video.

I took me hours of searching to find the right track.  I knew I wanted an instrumental piece, and something that was quite fast paced, to add a different dynamic.  It's very difficult trying to pick a piece from thin air almost, and knowing where to start!  

Music from the 1930s would have been ideal, however I felt that it was a bit too 'swing' for the style of video I wanted - Bing Crosby, Benny Goodman & Glenn Miller being big names of the time.  

In the end, I started looking through film soundtracks.

The 2 songs it came down to were:

- Emancipation by The Chamber Orchestra Of London (Music from the TV series Downton Abbey)

This felt a bit too much like a TV theme tune, and a bit too slow at times.

- Briony by Dario Marianelli  (Music from the film Atonement)

At first I still had a few reservations with this track, but really needed to decide so I could make a start with the editing.  It fits in well with the project, as the film is actually set in the 1930s which is the time which the Tectons were made & the era that I have based my clothing on.  

In the end I think it worked quite well, and I used the clicking sound (which is actually a typewriter in the scene) to flick between images and I used this sound to base the timing of the video, giving it quite a fast pace and building up atmosphere.

Edit 1

I tried putting a flicker effect over the video, to give the illusion of watching an old video.

However the flickering was a bit too intense, and a distraction from the content.

Edit 2

In this video you can see i tried how it looked without the flicker effect, and I tried to time the 'clicks' at the start with images/stills.

Edit 3

This was the working progress video I took to the group tutorial session - I tried to fade the contrast & brightness in an attempt to colour match the different clips as close as possible, but also still give it that old effect which I think suits the clothing and era I based the collection on.  I was worried that I has used the mirror effect too much, but general feedback from the group was that they liked it & didnt think it had been over used.
They also suggested trying to tweak & match up the scenes even closer where I was trying to mirror different films together on the same shot - this was what I had most difficulty with & spent hours trying to adjust things ever so slightly.  I should have kept the camera in the same position & changed outfits for each angle, rather than moving the camera for each outfit.