During the next media lesson we had, we began to edit the footage we had collected when filming. Firstly, we imported the footage into the editing software called Sony Vegas Pro 11 and began to place each piece of footage in order, following the storyboard for guidelines. Once all the footage had been imported, and correctly placed in order, we then needed to trim down each piece of footage to the desired length that we initially wanted, refering back to the storyboard. The whole length of the song Golden Leaves is approximately four minutes and six seconds long, so we wanted to capture more footage than we needed when filming, in order to have enough footage that would fit the entire length of the song. We then imported the song Golden Leaves into the editing program so we could then place the song in correct time with the footage, and also edit the length of each piece of footage, so the lip syncing of the person singing in the footage would match the song perfectly and look as if they were actually singing the song. This would then look more professional and clean cut, alike a real lip sync video that would have been completed by professionals. After tweaking the lengths of each piece of footage, we used the storyboard as a guideline to insert the correct footage needed. Once we had all agreed that we had included all the footage we wanted and needed, we then began to insert some transitions, fades and special effects to the lip sync video to enhance the overall video. Following the storyboard, we added in some fades between the pieces of footage to elongate the footage to make each piece overlap, which would make each piece of footage flow smoothly to create a soft transition. We also added in fades to and from black, which are also used to elongate the footage, and also help to create a sense of the unknown as the audience do not know what will happen after the fades from black. Another editing technique we used in the video was slow motion, which was used in most of the footage to make the video seem slow paced, calm and quite dream-like. The slow motion allowed the audience to effectively follow the story and understand what the video is trying to show. In addition another special effect we inlcuded right at the end of the video was to insert a moving car to make the main character in the video look as if they got hit by the car. As it was too dangerous to actually film with a real car, we needed to insert a moving car over the top. To do this, we filmed another section of the same location at the Howdale and of a car driving past. Then with this piece of footage, overlap it over the original footage of the main character walking across the road, to make the shot look as realistic as possible. However, to make it look even more realistic, we decided to blur and fade each piece of footage so they would blur into eachother and make the two pieces of footage look continuous and realistic. Once we were happy with the footage and the timing of the song with the footage, we all agreed that we had completed the lip sync video. We then saved the file and exported it to the computer and then uploaded it to YouTube. The video can be watched by clicking the video below.