n-square

     In the past two media lessons, I have been learning how to use 'n-square' on Final Cut Express. At first it was difficult as there was not much information about how to use it on Google or Youtube. However, we then realised that it was similar to using split screens- except, you generally use the same shot and you split it into more squares. (e.g. 4 or 16) 
     Firstly, we went on to the school field and filmed a simple long shot of two of us running. Then, once it was uploaded, we copied the same piece of footage 16 times. We dragged one copy onto the timeline, then on the screen on the right we could change its size and position. With the following copies, you simply had to drag them over the top of the first copy on the timeline. We did this to all 16 copies (ensuring they were the same size) and then re-arranged them to form a grid of 16 squares. Although it was time consuming, I feel that n-square is really effective to use in our own music videos.