Editing My Music Video

Today I started the process of editing for my music video. First I loaded up Adobe Premiere Pro and imported all the footage I had got from my filming. As well as the footage I alos imported the soundtrack into the software.

 I then quickly made a title slide to go at the beginning of the video saying who the artist is, what the song is called and my name. This was very simple to do and only took a couple of minutes.

After this, I then got to work. I put the track into the work area and started looking through my footage and cutting it up to make into a video.

I started with the first lot of footage, where Lisa first meets Tom, and where she is looking on her laptop. this was fairly simple to do as I had the initial idea in my head so all I needed to do was look for the best footage, cut it to size and put it with the music.

Once I had gotten started it became was easy, until I came up against a problem...

  

 

Some of the clips had become over exposed when I filmed them and other clips had stayed at the correct exposure. At first I thought this would be a big problem, but after asking for assistance I found a solution;

I went to the Video effects, then to Colour Correction and there was an effect called 'Luma Curve'. This allowed me to adjust the brightness of the clip to make it brighter. After spending a bit of time playing around with this I managed to get it to where I wanted it to be;

The result was not perfect but it was good enough for how I wanted it.

Once I'd put all the clips together I decided to add transitions to some of the clips, to make the whole piece more fluid and less like it was just one scene after another.

 There is one section of my music video where Tom and Lisa are sat at the table talking. I got several different clips of them talking, laughing, drinking etc but wanted to make it look like time was passing, therefore I used the 'Film Dissolve' effect as I felt that this effect made the clips look like time was passing, it also gave the clips a more professional look too.

After adding a few more effects here and there and looking at the clips to see if there was anything I could change I had reached the end. My music video was done. I got a few people to watch it before finally exporting and uploading to the internet and all the feedback was good, so I went ahead and finished it.

Filming: Day 2

Todays filming was for the scene in which Lisa enters a coffee shop and spots Tom, who notices her and approaches her. They then start talking and finally they leave the shop together.

Filming: Day 1

Today I started to film for my mysic video. I first filmed the scene in which Lisa is sat in a house on a laptop looking at Toms Facebook profile. After filming all I needed in the house, I then ventured out and filmed the scene where the two characters first meet. I then filmed a scene I hadn't previously planned, a scene where Lisa is sat on a park bench and Tom walks past.

Planning: Shot List

Below is a list of the different shots I will be using in my music video:

Shot 1- Mid Shot of Lisa, walking towards and past camera.

Shot 2- Mid Shot of Tom, walking towards and past camera.

shot 3- Long shot of Lisa, walking across the screen right.

Shot 4- Long shot of Tom, walking across screen left.

Shot 5- Mid/ two shot, characters walk into shot, bump into each other, Tom walks out of shot left, Lisa remains in shot, looking left at tom, Lisa walks out of shot right.

Shot 6- Long shot, Lisa sat on bench, looking at her phone.

Shot 7- Extreme close up, Lisa looking at her phone.

Shot 8- Long shot, Lisa still on bench looking at phone, Tom walks through shot from left, Lisa looks up, looks at Tom.

Shot 9- Extreme close up/ over the shoulder shot, Lisa looking up at Tom, tom seen over Lisas shoulder walking past.

Shot 10- Close up, Lisas face, looking at Tom.

Shot 11- Mid shot, House, Lisa sat in chair, looking at laptop.

Shot 12- Close up/ over the shoulder, looking at laptop screen over Lisas sholder, looking at Toms Facebook profile.

Shot 13- Mid/Close up, Lisa looking at laptop screen.

Shot 14- Over the shoulder/ close up, looking at screen, Toms profile pictures.

Shot 15- Mid shot, Lisa looking at laptop, playing with her hair.

Shot 16- Mid Shot, Lisa looking in mirror, sorting out hair, looking at face.

Shot 17- Establishing shot- Shot of Coffee shop, lisa enters shot from left, walks towards door, enters.

Shot 18- Mid, Lisa enters shot from left, goes towards table and chair, sits.

Shot 19- Over the shoulder, Lisa looking forward, Tom enters shot from right, sits down on sofa.

Shot 20- Two shot, Lisa sat at table, waiter (Oliver) enters from left, takes order, exists left.

Shot 21- Two shot, Oliver brings Lisa her drink, exists left.

Shot 22- Close up, Tom eating/drinking hot chocolate, looks at Lisa left.

Shot 23- Close up, Lisa looking past camera at Tom, playing with hair.

Shot 24- Long shot, Tom gets up, walks up the staris towards Lisa, camera pans to follow Tom.

Shot 25- Two shot, Lisa sat at table, Tom enters from left, sits down.

Shot 26- two shot, Tom and Lisa at table, laughing.

Shot 27- two, Tom and Lisa at table, talking.

Shot 28- Two, Lisa drinks hot chocolate, Tom looks at Lisa.

Shot 29- Two, both talking and laughing.

Shot 30- Two; Both drink at same time, laugh.
Shot 31- Two, Lisa looking at Tom, Toms hand on table, Lisa moving hand to Toms.
Shot 32- Extreme close up, Lisa puts hand on Toms hand.

Shot 33- Extreme close up, Lisas face, looking into camera as if looking into Toms eyes, smiles.

Shot 34- Extreme close up, Toms face, looking into camera as if looking back into Lisas eyes, smiles.

Shot 35- Mid, Both walk into shot from behind camera, stand next to each other.

Shot 36- Close up, holding hands, walk down stairs, out of shot, fade to black.

Planning: Equipment

In order to create a good piece of work I will need to use high quality equipment. Below is a list of some of the equipment I shall be using to film my music video:

Camera:

 This is the type of camera I shall be using; the Canon EOS. It is a high quality camera with: 

• Superior 12-megapixel image quality
• On-screen Feature Guide
• Creative Auto and Basic+ HD video capture
• ISO 100-6400 sensitivity
• Wide-area 9-point AF system
• 63-zone iFCL exposure metering
• 6.8cm (2.7”), 230,000-dot screen

Tripod:

The reason why I will be using a tripod for my filming is because it makes the shots steadier and gives the footage a more professional look to it whereas if I did my filming without a tripod the footage would be shakey and look  more amature. Because of the tripods telescopic legs, it can be set up on any type of flooring whether it be completely flat or on a mildly steep hill. With the tripod you can perform shots like a panning shot, a tilt shot, a tracking shot (made easier with a set of atachable wheels) along with many others.

iPod Touch:

I will be using my own iPod Touch to play the song that my music video is based on. This was to help my actors to get a feel for the song and to help them move/act in time with the song. This will help later in the editing process as I can look at whether the actor(s) are, for example, walking to the beat and then edit that into my music video to make it look more of a professional piece of work.

Planning: Mise-En-Scene

Scene 1- Outdoors:

• Phone for Lisa to be on while walking down street

Scene 2- Park Bench:

• Phone
• Lisas hand bag

Scene 3- House:

• Arm chair for Lisa to sit on.
• Laptop for Lisa to be looking at

• Mirror for Lisa to look at her face in

Scene 4- Coffee Shop:

• Chairs for actors to sit on
• Table for actors to sit at.
• 2x Hot Chocolates for actors to drink

Planning: Costumes

Because of the type of song it is, I am letting my actors wear what they want, this is because I feel that their style already suits the song so I dont need them to really change anything.

Tom: I would like Tom to wear jeans, a colourful t- shirt and trainers, with the possible addition of his jacket.

Lisa: I would like Lisa to be in something bright and bold, perhaps a long t- shirt. Lisa also has bright red hair so that adds to the costume. For her lower half perhaps leggings and some plimsoles.

Oliver (Extra): As Oliver is a waiter, and is playing a waiter in my video, I want him to be dressed in a white shirt, black trousers, black shoes and an apron.