Music videos are an excellent method to quickly boost a release’s professionalism and success, as well as dramatically extend its audience. With more people watching videos than ever before, it’s more crucial than ever to make sure yours stand out!
Knowing how to edit a video to a professional degree in an ever-growing, tech-literate, multimedia environment is difficult.
Pacing
Pacing is a difficult topic to grasp and requires a lot of practice. But don’t get discouraged; a music video may need to be recut several times until the timing is perfect. That’s how editing works. What matters is that you know when to keep going and when to quit. That is all you need to know about pacing.
Pacing is usually misunderstood as something to do with speed (short cuts or scenes) or time (length). It’s a common misconception that the faster something is edited, the better the pacing will be. Wrong!
Something chopped quickly can be perfectly timed. Something that is cut very slowly can also be precisely timed.
When the editor changes the length of the shots, he or she is guiding the viewers’ emotional response to the scene. Rapid pacing conveys a sense of urgency and enthusiasm, while slower pacing conveys a sense of relaxation and thoughtfulness.
Intensity
The phrase “intensity” varies greatly from one genre to the next, and balancing it in music videos may be a difficult task.
Some essential aspects of intensity include:
- Loudness
- Density
- Background noise
- Kicks and bases
- Transitional effects
Tips to control Pacing and Intensity when editing a music video
Once we have a basic understanding of what pacing and intensity are, let us look at some tips that will help you to control pacing in intensity when editing a music video.
You can act out a scene without any sound.
You can start by leaving a scenario unattended or without music. Keeping a scene dry grounds it in reality and places the viewer in the world with the characters by emphasizing facial expression and language intonation.
You Have the Ability to Play Music at Key Moments
After that, you can play music at key points. It’s a fantastic method to tell the viewer that what they’re viewing is vital in some manner, whether it’s because a scene is tense and something terrifying is about to happen, or because what they’re seeing is a crucial part of the tale.
Stopping music, on the other hand, can help you relax after a stressful period.
You Can Set Music to Play at Specific Times
Finally, once your music has been placed in a scene, you may pace it such that the most powerful, intense passages appear at the appropriate points in the cut. There are instances when specific “hits” in the footage would benefit from musical accents.
Generally, depending on the emotions you’re trying to communicate, you’ll want to adjust the cue to hit its peaks and valleys at the proper points in your scene.
You can now place a marker after the most intense segment of the cue, aligning it with the end of the important line.
The location of that melodic climax underlines the line’s importance while also complementing the shot’s vision.
Final thoughts
When key moments arise, start the music to alert the audience that something significant is about to occur.
You can also have music playing throughout a scene’s most significant moments, such as the climax or just as the peak occurs. Instead of playing music, let the scene play on its own so that viewers may concentrate on the facial expressions and dialogue.
An editor needs to know when and how to coordinate music in composition. With careful use of music, you will be able to modify the emotional timbre of a scene, increasing and enhancing its effect in your piece.
