reggre.blogg.se - Editing a music video in premiere pro

A good editor will edit the music to fit the story. It depends on how long your video must be, if you can use the end or beginning of the song as crossfade, if you use different numbers and how many sound effects you use. If you’re editing a project that has a specific length, a good workflow is adjusting your music to the required length first and then edit your footage. Surprise your audience by making not too obvious cuts every time to the same beat. Be creative with the rhythm and how you cut your shots to the beat. Typically each song consists of different sections that are more or less intense or have other variations.

The audio waveform can help you to identify the beat, but you have to feel the music and trust your ears more than your eyes when looking for the right place to cut.

Connect the different sections of music together finding the sweet spot in terms of same beat or tone.

Use crossfading to blend the music into another part, but you must be able to mix the music really well.

Provide a break where the music stops and where you can implement a sound effect like laughter, birds, the sound of the waves etc.

There are a few ways to put the different music pieces together in terms of beat and tempo. You can split a number into different parts, so you only use the parts that match your video. Music with a beat is easy to extend or shorten by cutting the music on the beat. Once you’ve chosen the right music for your video, you need to cut and trim it to fit your shots. You can search on Genre (like Hip-Hop or electronic), Mood (like chill or ecstatic), Artist (many options), Attributes (like beachy or earthy), Instrument (like piano or drums) and Advanced (BPM, song length or different vocals). We’ve use Artlist because it is such a well-arranged platform and you can completely specify your choice of music using several filters. You really have to feel the music before you start editing your video. Choosing the right music may take a few hours, if not days. A quiet scene, for example nature shots, logically requires soft and peaceful music. If you have a scene with action shots which are fast, you want to edit that scene with up-tempo or even explosive music, perhaps with a climax in the song. Each song consists of different sections that are more or less intense and have other variations. But there are some basic rules to understand better how to pick the right music and edit it to your video shots. When you’ve found the right music you have to get the feeling “This is it! This is the right song for my video!” So how do you get that feeling? Everyone got his own music taste and own imagination on how to edit a video. You have to ‘feel’ the beat and the music. Picking the right music and editing it to the video requires a good sense of pacing and rhythm.