Last Bits of Editing/Finished

I filmed the last sequence which is the throwing Jack out scene. As part of our group was not in school, I organised another person to film for us instead and directed them as to what shots we needed. This only took about 15 minutes so the footage was ready to edit. It was imported it into FinalCut and I edited this which didn't take too long.
Also, a lot of the lip singing was out of sync so I put it all right which meant cutting a few clips or making them longer. I have made a few shots speeded up as it makes more of an impact to make the shots fit with the song and the beats. I have also created an ending on iMovie where the artist's name and song name appears which I felt would help establish the artist, this is conventional of a music video on TV channels. I also acted on the tips Ms Thrasher gave us on a few shots that needed to be changed, like a shot at the end of the quick sequence near the end of the video and edited it too so it kept up the speed of the video as I made the video have a faster pace near the ending so that it is a gradual video.

It is now all edited and I am about to upload it to YouTube as the the whole video is now finished!

Footage Editing:

As the video completion deadline is coming to a closure, i have made sure that every opportunity for editing the footage is taken. Today, the group (and jack for an hour) did three hours of filming in the drama studio and out on the fields for our montage of shots and in order to re do the chorus, which was successful.

Therefore, i have spent two hours today uploading the footage and have begun editing the footage onto the video outline. However, i feel that this will take some time and that the group will have to take lots of time editing the footage together to make sure that the editing is approved by the whole group in terms of agreeing on effects and to make sure certain shots are approved.

Editing current footage:

I have just finished editing the footage that we shot yesterday onto our video timeline and i feel that it is really coming together now. However, i am having a few worries regarding some shots that i don't feel are as good as some others such as the beginning verse where the lighting is considerably different. I think we need to re film them, but I am worried about the time that is available will not be enough. I am also able to see the odd little shots that we need, such as more shots of the artists face in the beginning of the second verse, in order to keep continuity.

Editing update:

I have currently started to add the clips that we filmed on Friday which is of the first verse of the song, onto the music video time line on the program "Final Cut".  I have therefore, got most of that verse completed. However, i am finding it difficult in terms of continuity that we haven't got enough diverse shots of the artist and the "guy" in that section.

I feel that the group could maybe do some more shots such as the zooming shot of the "guys" face which we could maybe have the guy do different facial expressions so that we can experiment with the editing. Also, in some shots, the artist is smiling and is not in role for the whole time which makes the editing harder. Therefore, i feel that we may have to re film certain parts of this section.

I feel that we need to have -
- Another shot of the artist slamming the table but keeping a straight face when doing it
- More individual shots of the "guy" such as his arms in the air/looking with lots of despair in his face
- A reaction shot of the guy jumping/acting surprised when the artist slams the table

Update:

The group has been updating and editing our current footage of what we have filmed so far for our music video. It seems that we are still missing main sections of the video, but we plan to get it done through filming next week sometime.

Yesterday and today, we have been focusing on editing the footage, the beginning, the end, the bridge and one of the chorus's for the video. We have been making sure that the cuts are quick and accurate so that it links into the same rhythm of the music from the song. For the beginning of the video, to link to the fast beats of the music, we have implemented different jump shots of the artist to give a disorientating feel.

Editing can not be completed before we finished all the filming and we intend on adding effects to the footage.

Idea:

In editing the footage that we have captured, we are currently editing the bridge of the song. In editing this section of the music video, we intend on making this section with the artist blurry with the use of effects and making lots of jump cuts.


I have come up with an idea in changing the sequence of the narrative of the video. I thought that as we are making the bridge into a dream like state with the blurred effects, I thought that the verse before the bridge could see the artist slapping the "guy" in the video. Therefore, as the bridge will follow this action through zooming into the "guys" face, it gives the perception that he is in a daze and he begins to dream about the artist, which links to the bridge section being blurry and jumpy.


The group likes this idea so therefore we will have to modify the storyboard of events and add this idea into  the music video.