The most obvious use of editing I used on my video was cutting the clips, I used clean cut editing on all the shots to create verisimilitude; I also did this as it meant the transition from each shot was as quick and precise as the changing of each beat which made it fit more with the song. However I used one cross dissolve transition at the very end of the music video to allow the clip to fade out slowly with the ending of the track rather than finishing quickly and cutting out the end of the song. Another setting I used was the precision editor, this was particularity useful when editing my lip syncing as it would pin point exactly when and where vocals where detected making it a lot easier to sync the track with the movement of the lip sync-er.
I used a range of filters to give an unorthodox appearance to certain scenes within my video, I did this on the IMovie software which had build in filters that I could use. The filters I used the most was the negative and the x-ray as I felt these were he most effective and linked well the the genre, the other filters were only enhancing the slips where as I needed them to look completely different.
Similarly to the effect created by the filters, I experimented with the use of colour in certain scenes, particularly on the shots with the watch as the clip itself could be seen as quite plain and boring and I didn't want to create this effect for my video. I did this by double clicking the chosen clip and selecting the 'video' tab on the tool bar, this brought up a colour wheel which allowed me to change the background tinge on the clip. This worked epically well edited over filters, as the x-ray filter cut out all the colour making it stark and clear, then the coloured added to this made it look more weird and unique; shown here on the image of the clock. 
Another key editing feature I used was the changing the speed, I did this by first optimizing the clips so I was enabled to either slow down or speed up clips; once I had done this I was able to change it, mostly I sped up the clips especially in the first sequence when I filmed point of view shots of the different locations. I Fast forwarded these clips on the by x4 as I wanted them to fast but not too fast so the speed of the walk looked unrealistic. However on some sections of the video I used the maximum speed of x20 to create an extra quick effect, I did this on the build of the song where the music hits its fasted speed, this looked really effective and fit the song perfectly. In the middle section of the video I also slowed down some clips, especially on the section of the song when the temp changes to a slower pace for a around 20 seconds, this gave me the opportunity to experiment with the other end of speed scale. 
Another key element of editing I used throughout the duration of my video was the advanced tools option installed within the software. I enabled this by clicking on the IMovie tab located at the top of the screen in the left corner, this then gave a few options and I clicked the 'preferences' option. This then brought up a tab with an option to turn on advanced tools, I ticked the box and this then enabled even more editing settings. Then when I dragged a clip from the bottom section and placed it over another clip in my current project it gave me a number of options.
These allowed me to put clips over other clips, the setting I used most in my video was the 'Cutaway' option; this allowed me to place a clip directly on top of another one whilst showing them at the same time. To ensure you could see both clips over one another I had to edit the opacity. I did this by moving the mouse up and down the bar located next to the opacity icon, usually placing it around the middle which create a equal balance in the two shots. I repeated this effect a number of times in my music video and thought it was really effective, giving a whole new extraordinary appearance to two basic shots.
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