Results of our Overlay Experiment

Below is the final product of our overlay experiment, for which we wanted to use the technique for our Music Video.

On Final Cut Pro when editing this we attempted to overlap the two shots on top of each other to create a scene of the past and the present being shown in the same shot; although this did not workout as expected, and the end product was unclear, fuzzy and unrealistic, meaning that the smooth transition and style for the past and present would not look professional.

To fix this we cut the separate clips both down the middle, discarding of the area we did not need, we then merged this together to create a sense that the both scenes are happening in the same place, but one in the past and one in the present. Due to the lyrics we know which of the scene this will be. Although it is not the smoothest of editing, we were not planning to do it in this way, so when we film are final music video we will keep the camera at the same height but move it slightly to the side so we have enough room to cut and merge; hopefully this will work well, if not we will keep this scene short so it is not obvious to the audience.