Mini-Vid Editing on Final Cut Pro X

Below is my Mini-Vid of Jolly Rodger which i have edited myself using various techniques of editing styles on Final Cut Pro:



Here is a few of the editing tools i used when creating my own edited version of the mini-vid:

                                                                                                                                                                               Here you can see that i have used various types of editing effects which i have placed over certain aspects of my video to help give the previous footage more effect and give it more realism and relate it to the lyrics been sung throughout the duration of the video i.e. the fact that they are pirates on the sea therefor i added a rain effect.

Use of rain effects

In this next image you can see how i have added a fade effect which is also known as a transition effect which allows me to fade the colour of the image on screen out and allow the flow of the edit to the next scene to run more smoothly, i think that this worked relatively well at certain points during my edit however i believe that it could be better.

The grey part is where the transition has been added

The next editing tool that i added when creating my own edit was using certain effect which could be placed over different parts of the video to help create a older effect, for example i used a video effect called '50's TV' this effect gave my scene a older look and helped it relate to the video.

Here you can see the variety of options available

The final editing technique that i used in my edit was placing one of the clips that i had shot in reverse to add a bit more effect and also to play around with some of the tools and effects that were available. In order to do this i had to click onto 'modify' then 'retime' then scroll down onto 'reverse clip'. Simply from here you had to click on reverse clip and select the certain aspect of the video you wished to have in reverse.

Here is a scene which is in reverse 

In conclusion the various editing techniques that are available are rather useful and when used in the correct manor they can give the video a good finish and make it to a high standard, I believe that what i have produced is not satisfactory in certain ways due to the fact that I didn't have much experience in using Final Cut Pro and how to edit, however from doing this and been able to play around with certain editing software I have learnt where I have gone wrong and how I could improve my video by using different techniques.