Editing Inspiration

Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck

Montage of Heck is a documentary following the life of Kurt Cobain from his toddler years leading up to the news of his suicide.
This documentary houses a mixture of home videos, animations and stills which really helps the audience to get inside the mind of Kurt Cobain and find out what he was really like as a person and not as a rock star.
The use of home videos makes the documentary feel more realistic and personal as the audience is being shown actual videos of Kurt as a child.
The use of stills is effective as it gives the audience something to focus on and they are often a range of still images of Kurt to paintings and diary entries written by him.
The animations help the documentary producer to recreate parts of Cobain's life that weren't documented at the time which also allows the audience to imagine the situation.




Breezeblocks - alt-J

The way this music video is edited is very effective as it is all in reverse, this technique could be used in my music video as it is based on memories and the past. 

The dark colours used throughout the video suggest a bleak and negative atmosphere and immediately indicate that something bad has happened.

In Guns We Trust

In Guns We Trust

The short film/documentary above explores the american gun culture and how various people feel about the gun laws in the US.

This is a really well edited documentary for various reasons:

- Colour Treatment: The documentary is all in black at white, this portrays a negative feel throughout the film. It also evokes various feelings of sorrow and makes in quite harrowing to watch. 

- Camera Takes: during this short documentary film there is a mixture of video clips and stills. This is effective because it allows the audience to take in all the aspects of the images but also allows them to see into the world of guns.

- Voice Overs/ Interviews: throughout the film there are interviews and voice overs from various people voicing their opinions on the gun laws in the U.S. This allows the audience to consider other people's opinions, and the voice over means that the audience have something to look at other than watching a person speak.

Briefs

During the course his year we have been given a choice of thirteen briefs, this gives us a wide range of projects to choose from. Below are the three briefs that I am the most interested in:

-A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options:

         - A website homepage for the band

         -A cover for its release on DVD

         - A magazine advertisement for the DVD 

I am very interested in this brief as I have a great love for music and the music industry, I also enjoy watching the music videos produced by the bands and artist that I like listening to. I would also require me to gain new skills which would exoand my experience for future projects.

- An extract from a new documentary TV programme, lasting approximately five minutes, together with two of the following three options:

        - A radio trailer for the documentary

        - A double-page spread from a listings magazine focused on the documentary 

        - A newspaper advertisement for the documentary 

This brief appeals to me as i fell that i have gained many skills from my coursework last year that would help me to enhance this project and get a professional looking outcome.

- An extract from a radio play, lasting approximately five minutes, together with two of the following three options:

        - A newspaper advertisement for the play

        - a double-page listings magazine feature about the play

        - A page from a radio station's website promoting the play.

I like this brief as I believe that it would be quite an easy task which would allow me to improve and tweak it as much as possible in order to make it sound and look as professional as possible