Editing Techniques -Soft Edges

'Soft Edges' is a Video Filter used in Final Cut. It is essentially a border of a black blur (see pictures below).

We used this filter to represent a hazy remembrance of the main character with his lover. It came out like this:

Just for a good effect on the video, following this clip we used a clip of the main character singing by a tree but momentarily with the black border around the screen, as if he was still lost in his thoughts:

Then he returned to singing: