Contrast
In the first segment of the video, you see kids jumping around partying and having fun. It then immediately cuts to them meditating. The switch between these two clips show contrast, as it changes from an upbeat scene to a more calm clip. By using the contrast of the two scenes right after another, we are able to have to viewers pay more attention to the emotion shown through our shots because they are so drastically different. These were the very first clips that we shot, as the editing style was the easiest for us to think up an idea for.
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Simultaneity
The next editing technique that was used was simultaneity through a few clips, following a boy writing a love note. We then cut to girl opening her locker and finding a note in it, leading the audience to think that he was the one that placed it in her locker. However in the very next scene, we see to boy deliver his note to another girl, so we are left to wonder what message the girl in the first shot received. The final clip in this segment is an over the shoulder shot of the girls note, revealing that it was just a simple to do list and in fact was not a love note. These clips were a bit harder to create a storyline for compared to our contrast ones, however once we got the idea of using a note, the rest of it fell into place, and it was relatively easy to shoot as well.
Parallelism
The next clip we shot was for one of the harder ones, parallelism. Trying to come up with an idea that contained two clips with a similar image allowing us to stitch them together was a challenge. In our final idea, we shot a clip of a girl bowling making sure to pay attention to the ball itself rolling. It then blends into a girls eye as they are the same shape.
Leit Motiff
This technique was another one of the easier ones to brainstorm an idea for. We picked a sound that would fit someone getting upset and frustrated. After that, all we did was shoot different scenarios that anyone would get frustrated being in. We filmed a girl getting pushed down, finding her lock backwards, and her seeing she was no wifi. Placing the audio over the moment the girl experienced one of the hardships shows their shared frustrating experience they left her with.
Symbolism
Symbolism was by the far the hardest idea that we had to come up with. We saw examples in class of ides, however we struggled to figure out one on our own. Eventually we decided to shoot a girl getting her test back, however it has an F on it. She then throws the test (the problem) away to symbolize that she is "throwing her problems away".
