One vital part of the editing process which can make or break a music video is the number of cuts included in the video. Usually the cuts are made on the beat of the song and can make a music video look very smooth and professional. To get an idea of how many cuts we should perhaps use in our video, we decided to look at a mainstream music video and count how many cuts are in the video altogether.
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PSY - GANGNAM STYLE is a mainstream video at the moment which has gone to number 1 in the UK Chart Top 40 and has gained 480 million views on YouTube in the first 3 months. We counted around 170 cuts in the video but it was hard to count as at 2 parts there was some very fast cuts between alternate shots fitting about 20-30 cuts in the space of 3-4 seconds. This isn't something we would do in our video as there aren't any beats in the song to match this speed. However the overall figure of 170 cuts taking out the very fast cuts means that we ought to aim for around 120 cuts for the video to look smooth and professional like the current mainstream videos do.
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