Archive for November 2012

Music Video Structure


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Editing: Day 8

I've started to add in cut away shots today along with transitions, and I've also changed the transparency on some of the clips for a better effect. 
TIRED OF RENDERINGGGGGG D;


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Progress VLOG


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Editing: Day 7

 I came in early today to import the new footage from last night. After lining up the footage to the track and making sure it is all in synch I've decided to change the structure again and use all the new footage for the verses instead of my old footage, as I felt they were too static. I also filmed some cut away shots which I'm not sure where to insert yet, as I feel there is too much performance and I should cut away at some point so the audience don't get tired of seeing Chenny all the time!

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Skills Development

Thinking back to last year, when we were producing our own horror film openings, I definitely feel my  filming and editing skills have improved a lot as well as my organisational skills. Working on my own has also taught me the importance of working efficiently and meeting deadlines on time, as I have no one to rely on but myself. 

Editing for a Music Video for me, is very different to when editing a Film Opening, as they follow a different structure and we are editing for another purpose. For both projects, precision is key, as in a film opening you use match cuts, and they too have to be edited carefully to make sure it matches, and in a music video you must edit to the beat and make sure everything is in synch.

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Filming: Day 5

Yes I know, why am I still filming when the deadline is in a few days? But after watching my progress so far, I'm still not satisfied with some of the shots! So me and Chenny popped out quickly to re-shoot the scenes for the bridge section. We also got some extra cutaway shots and some moving shots of Chenny singing while we were at it!

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Editing: Day 6

In today's editing session, I changed around the structure of my Music Video, as in the rough cut there wasn't a structure at all. Although I am planning to re-shoot some of it as some of the shots are too dark. Since I have quite a variety of base tracks, I have enough to create a proper structure. What I mean by this is that; in the first verse Chenny bay be wearing a specific outfit, then in the second verse there will be a change of locations and possibly outfits too, the choruses will be the same(ish) and the bridge will also differ.

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Rough Cut Feedback from Dan


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Editing: Day 5

So in todays lesson, I imported all the new footages I filmed last night, and lined them up to the track so everything is in synch. I am also going to sort out the clips and create a structure!

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Feedback Summary

After going through all the feedback footage about the rought cut, I've realised I have a lot of work to do still.

  • I need to have a better structure.
  • More shot variety, I don't have enough close-ups!
  • Some more camera movement, a lot of the shots are too static.
  • Insert some cutaway shots
  • Some parts I cut too fast and some in between words.

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New Basetracks Footages

Here are some screenshots from the new footages from today, as you an see the ones filmed with Canary Wharf in the background, Chenny is a lot clearer and the clip itself is a lot brighter.

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Editing Feedback from Micky


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Filming: Day 4

We went out filming tonight as I was told I lacked in variety of shots especially close-ups. I also decoded  re-shoot the scenes with Canary Wharf in the back, as the current footages on Final Cut are too dark and appear to be quite grainy.


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Rough Cut Comparison

As I've got two sets of footages, one from the College's camer and one from my own. I didn't want to mix the footages as that will cause complications on Final Cut. I've decided to use the footage from my own camera as I film a lot more footage on it and I've also used different mise en scene. 
 This location was supposed to be one of the main locations however, in the first footage the jumper wasn't a nice look and in the second footage (on the left) the lights began to dim. 
 You can clearly see the lighting difference between these two shots, although we used the exact same lights, but for some reason the college camera didn't pick it up the light so well.
So same goes for all of the above, the main difference is the lighting and clarity of the clip. I feel Chenny also looks a lot more radient compared to the first filming session, as when the light is shined at her she glows and stands out more. We was also able to play around with shadows in the recent footage, this is useful as the song is called; 'My Shadow'. The mes en scene also differs, in the old footage you can see that the clothes are all very plain and dull, whereas in the new footage it wasn't. 

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Rough Cut 2

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Rough Cut 1

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Editing: Day 4

I have finished the rough cut of the music video, and so far this is what the the sequence looks like.

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Editing: Day 3

As I recorded using my own camera on last Friday, and have more than enough footage, I'm going to start a new project instead of using the footage filmed on the school video camera. I was told Final Cut doesn't like it when you mix footages from different technologies.
After laying on and matching up the base tracks and making sure everything is in synch, I had to mark the entire sequence again, to every four beats I lay down a marker.  Then I each base track up to the using the markers as a guideline   
Since I have quite a number of base tracks I've decided to split the tracks up, to some i will only use for the verses, and the other for the chorus only.
I then began to delete the tracks, hopefully I will have the rough cut up by tomorrow!

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Costumes and Make Up

Chenny wore different outfits this time, luckily it wasn't as cold as the first day we filmed therefore we could use more of a variety of outfits. The lighting was a lot better this time round as well so the mes stood out a lot more.
When we was filming the very first time, I totally forgot about ChennyB's make up. Since I was re-shooting everything, I made sure to apply some make up on Chenny, not a lot though. As ChennyB is a young artist, and we want to bring out a fresh image, that teenagers and young adults can look up to. So I didn't want to cake Chenny up with make up. I just concealed away any flaws on her face so it won't appear on screen and applied some eye make up to bring out her eyes a little. 

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Editing: Day 2

In todays lesson I continued with where I left off last lesson, I have finished the rough cut and will be uploading the video soon.


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Editing: Day 1


 
Halfterm is over and we're back to college now! Wooo
During the holidays I came in to return the filming equipment and while I was at it I've exported all the recordings I have so far on the memory cards onto the external hard drive.
So in todays lesson I'm putting everything onto Final Cut Pro and lining up the base tracks with the audio.

After lining up the videos to the track itself so the lip synching is matched up, I started putting markers on the sequence, marking it to every four beats, I then used the razor tool to split the clips at where the markers are. This is only a rough cut!



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ChennyB-TV: Episode 3

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