Editing is preparing a piece of material for publication by correcting, condensing or otherwise modifying it. For us we are now assembling small clips and arranging them in a way that will mean we are able to form a coherent whole. The expression "editing" is derived from the traditional way of editing where it was all done physically, whereas now we edit through the use of computers. We are editing digitally using Adobe Premier Pro, this makes the whole process of editing a lot quicker and easier as we are able to work with the raw footage, selecting shots and combining them into sequences to create our own finished 'pop promo' or music video. 
As a process editing is something I enjoy, it is satisfying to watch something you filmed finally be put together and begin to make sense. It is also enjoyable to look at the way in which our vision is actually coming together and because we are all very happy with how it is coming along, it makes editing much more gratifying. It takes time however, and this is time we are willing to put in to make our music video the best it could possibly be.
My role in the editing process, because I'm not the most talented within the group when it comes to physically cutting and playing around with the footage, though I believe I have a good eye for what works and what doesn't within the shots themselves, so I am able to voice my opinion and give ideas for which shots should go where etc.
Before I began editing I knew it was going to be difficult to match up the music to the video, however once we had matched up all of the clips, the rest of the process is relatively straight forward. The intended outcome of the process is that the video is slick and has clean transmissions from one shot to the other, this can be achieved by simple things such as matching up the colours from one shot to another.
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