Dearest Splosh/WAM Hive Mind,

I have a dilemma and I'm hoping you guys can help me reach a decision (left to my own devices I can dilly-dally and procrastinate until way past my bedtime!)

I'm in the middle of editing a gunge tank movie and as you may know, we film with two cameras; a front-facing one and the Cleavage-cam from above. My three options are:

1. Show the gunging from the front-facing camera, edit in a replay (normal speed) from the cleavage-cam and then return to the front-facing camera until the 2nd gunging and repeat.
2. Show the whole movie through on the front-facing camera and add in picture-in-picture, so you get a mini cleavage-cam view at the same time as the main show.
3. As option 2, but split-screen, so the left side is the front-facing camera and the right side is the cleavage-cam.

I read on a thread somewhere that slow-mo replays are unpopular, so I'm steering clear of those (feel free to speak up if you disagree!), but do you have a resounding preference from the above options? I've used both methods in the past, but I've never had any feedback specifically on my editing. I don't aim to drag out a movie to make it longer, by adding in replays, I just want to give the best possible movie experience from my footage, so I'd really appreciate finding out what you guys wanna see!

All constructive criticism welcome... GO!

Thanks

One then the other. If you do picture in picture, the small picture will be blocking the part of the scene that someone wants to focus on.

I'd go for one then the other two. You get the best of both worlds and no compromise on the size of the picture.

And yeah, I'm not a fan of slow motion replays myself.

I prefer option 1. Better to have both options played one after another at normal speed. I can't wait to purchase the clip when available.

If someone wants slo-mo, it's very easy to just hit "-" a few times in VLC.

You're hardly restricted by video length or file size anymore.

Gonna second that "content is more important than editing" line. I've dissected enough shitty CM episodes to realize that going with less editing is generally the safer bet.

I like multiple cuts between angles that don't replay more than a second of previously viewed gunging. I want to see the actress's journey from clean to covered, dripping and embarrassed without killing continuity of time.

Thanks for your responses and votes, it's really useful to hear your opinions

I'm hoping to finish editing this movie tomorrow and get it up in my store on Sunday.

I hope you all have an awesome weekend

JnC xx