Skins:

Hi all, I’m Jack Clough and I make a lot of the videos here on the Skins website. I’ll also be one of the judges of the Skins Mash-up competition.

As I said in my mash-up intro, I thought it would be a good idea to let you know of a few things worth considering when you are editing.

Starting point

A good place to start would be to just play the clips we’ve given you at the same time as the track you want to use. Watch it carefully and you’ll be surprised at how some clips will just seem to fit the music as you watch. Remember these moments as they can often be a good starting point. You’ll also see how much each track affects the mood of the clips. You also don't have to use a whole track, you can cleverly cut out a verse or fade it out early.

When putting together your mash-up, listen to the beat and key moments of the tracks and try and find clips that match camera movements, character action and emotional moments. Also, if the music is building up to a crescendo, think about how you can mirror that with the clips you choose. In other words you could build up to something, too; Naomi and Emily’s first kiss, a fight or a rave. If it slows, try and match that too. This really helps give a structure and a purpose to the mash-up and stops it from just being a random collection of cool shots.

The video clips 

The video clips we’ve provided are in 6 parts. Parts 1-4 are mpeg1 files that you can  import directly into most editing programs and will work in Windows Movie Maker (which is on most PCs). Part 5 is a collection of series 3 clips (again in mpeg1) and part 5b provides the dialogue in these scenes in an mp3 format. We would have given you more dialogue but, Skins being Skins, there is very little talking without music playing somewhere and we didn't want anything to clash with the tracks you're cutting to.

I could go on for pages and pages about how to use editing programs, but your best bet is to google user guides to the editing program your computer comes with (Windows Movie Maker for PC's and iMovie for Macs).There are loads of them out there and they can really help if you get stuck with something, or you want to know how to do an effect.

Anyway, that's all from me, so good luck and I hope you have fun with the clips! We can't wait to see the results...

Jack Clough,

Online Video Editor and Director

Kaya recently modelled for Elle magazine, and she sat down them to discuss a bit of skins, London life, and Effy's very personal style.

Check out the video below: 

Skins Website Editor

Hello, hello,

I went on set recently to interview the skins cast and find out everything in store for series 4 (poet, know it).

We were originally going to do this yonks ago, but as skins 4 was confirmed we realised it would be much better to go on set for a couple of days and report back from there. So that's what we did. Plus it meant I could discover lots of secrets about skins 4. Which I also did.

I asked a bunch of your questions, see if you can spot yours.

First up is part 1 of Kat and Lily's interview. I hope it was worth the wait.

WATCHITHEREWATCHITHEREWATCHITHEREWATCHITHEREWATCHITHERE

Layla

Skins Website Editor (this one!)

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Thanks everyone who came along yesterday to be a part of the series 4 opening scene. The crew would like to say a big thank you to everyone for sticking with it for such a long day. You all did amazingly.

I'll be putting pictures up soon, we just need to make sure we don't give too much away first, and it's gonna take a while as I took 1.2 million or thereabouts. 

If you guys have any pictures with the cast/others involved you would like to share, then upload them here. Please don't upload anything that reveals what happens though as they'll be removed and you will be shunned.

Hope you all had a great time yesterday, and I hope you enjoyed being involved in something special, because it will be.

Layla 

Skins Website Editor

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OK, so we've been working ever so hard behind the scenes and now have some great news to announce with you.

Interviews
Firstly, we'll be interviewing the skins cast and asking them YOUR questions, so if you haven't already submitted a question, do it here. We KNOW this has taken ages, but behind the scenes there'slot's of other stuff to do when the show isn't on (and I'm the only one who works on this site you know) 

On set
Secondly, next week we'll be on the set of skins 4, and while we're there, we'll be taking pictures, chatting to the cast and crew, and tweeting as much as we can. We'll try and get as much info onto the site as quickly as possible, but as we'll be in Bristol on set for two long days, please be patient.

Getting involved
The other news is that we're looking at new ways to involve you all in skins 4, and more details will be released when everything is agreed. We're very excited about this, and skins 4 (we've seen the first four scripts).

T4 on the Beach
Until then, we'll have a couple more T4 on the Beach pictures some videos from T4 on the Beach.

sshhhhh
There's an announcement about how you can take part in skins 4 very soon indeed. Here's a clue: it starts with an e and ends with an a and is five letters long.

Thanks everyone for your continuing support on a website and show that keeps evolving. The success is down to you, and the fact you're still leaving comments and discussing the show before series 4 even airs is testament to you all, and what supportive fans you really are. I'm trying to do as much I can inbetween series' to reward you all, so please bare with us. 

layla, skins

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A little word from the skins bosses at E4 on what you can expect from series 4:

'Filming of series 4 is well underway and we can confirm there will be 8 new episodes.

It's all about quality not quantity and we promise all the characters will be back, bigger and better than ever before.

Series 4 is set to be an explosive continuation of series 3 with powerful new storylines that finally answer some of the big questions about the gang; who they are and where they have got to in their lives. The fantastic Skins fans will not be disappointed.'

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We have ONE WHOLE picture from T4 on the Beach, featuring the Skins cast. Here it is:

We're currently trying to locate video from T4 on the Beach, and will upload as soon as we get our grubby little skins mitts on them.

In the mean time... were you at T4 on the Beach? Did you see any of the cast and/or Peter Andre's fall? Our favourite bit.

UPLOAD YOUR PICTURES from T4 on the Beach, and we'll make sure they appear on the home page

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He was on holiday! Please don't worry, there's plenty more room for Cook in Skins4.

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Thanks very muchly for voting for our Kaya and Skins in the TV Choice and TV Quick Awards. We know you did this, because we've been bloody well shortlisted!

Now it's your chance to help us (and Kaya) bag another award bu voting in the shortlist as well.

Follow this link and do the skins thing

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Yesterday (Thursday 2nd July) was an important day for skins HQ; the first time the cast and crew met up and read through the series 4 read through.

The first four episodes were read by the cast, who were enjoying catching up again with each other and their characters. After all, this was the first time they got to learn what was in store as well. Filming for Skins 4 is around the corner, can you wait?

Check out more exclusive pictures of the cast at the read through

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