Video editing programs are essential for making many types of films. These programs include special effects and many other features that give films better quality and help capture and hold people's attention. Making and editing films has been a great hobby of mine in recent years and I have developed a great interest in the evolution of some video editing programs. For the last project of my MYP I chose to identify the elements that make a good music video by looking at video editing programs for my personal project. I wanted to know the different effects that video editing programs have to make a music video intriguing and enjoyable to watch. The reason why I chose to do this research was my interest in cinema. This was also one of the factors that helped me choose the question for my extended essay. When I got to the point where I needed to choose my research question, I started thinking back to my personal project which led me to my original research question: “Has the evolution of video editing programs changed for the better?” Once...