Music video progress and construction

I used the video filters to put my video into black and white effect using the desaturate tool.  

After making the video clips black and white, I had to render each section, transition and filter. I feel like rendering wasted a lot of time.



After I rendered for the black and white, I decided that it was a lot darker than the footage looked on the camera. I had to repair this by using a brightness and contrast filter. This only worked a little bit as the beginning is still quite dark but I feel as if the darkness fits in well with the attitude and energy coming from the lyrics.


The cross fades that I used were 3 seconds long to make sure that they show a nice dissolve between two images.

Between the jar smashing, each fade in fade out I did, I set as 3 seconds long to make sure that there is a dramatic long pause between each jar smash to build up tension.

For each cross dissolve between the ending chorus, I set as two seconds long so that there is elegant changes between them. I think that these worked well because it made it feel like a memory within the video.

I have put a 3 second cross dissolve between the dancers to create an elegant transition and have both dancing footage on one screen for three seconds which is really effective as it makes the video look innocent and elegant.