Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Construction Blog - Ninth day of Editing
On the ninth day of editing we were now ready to add the last final clips of our video this was from the last day we spent filming. We carried on from
Construction Blog - Tenth day of Editing
This was the final day of editing. I had to make sure that all the clips looked tidy, this was very important to our production value so it looks professional and could pass off as a real music video. Our video had many aspects of a real media video such as fragmentation.
Any clip that we saw not suitable either too short or too long we edited so that it fit perfectly. I also used the overlay file to give a more cinematic view to our video. I also played with the effects of the video by editing the brightness, contrast and used colour correction to make blue stand out. This was to give off a lonely and cold feeling off the video.
I also tidied up all the transitions such as additive fades and cross dissolves we made sure the timing was done well so different bits of the clips can be seen, so the audience can tell what is going on at all times. We also had fade to blacks & whites, this was to add a more dramatic effect which we think we achieved.
Once we had viewed our video multiple times and were happy with it we now were ready to export it and put it online on youtube.
Any clip that we saw not suitable either too short or too long we edited so that it fit perfectly. I also used the overlay file to give a more cinematic view to our video. I also played with the effects of the video by editing the brightness, contrast and used colour correction to make blue stand out. This was to give off a lonely and cold feeling off the video.
I also tidied up all the transitions such as additive fades and cross dissolves we made sure the timing was done well so different bits of the clips can be seen, so the audience can tell what is going on at all times. We also had fade to blacks & whites, this was to add a more dramatic effect which we think we achieved.
Once we had viewed our video multiple times and were happy with it we now were ready to export it and put it online on youtube.
Construction Blog - Seventh Day of Editing
When it came to the seventh day of editing we carried on where we left off. I replaced a clip of the video and it accidentally replaced the audio this in turn mucked up the audio of the song at that section of time. I then had to unlink the clip and then replace the song audio track with the same complete one. This took a while as I edited with out knowledge of this mistake so it meant i had to re-do it. The clips were of the street and the train section part of the video. I had found this easy to edit and perfect the lip syncing sections.
-Ryan Miles-
-Ryan Miles-
Construction Blog - Sixth day of Editing
On this day we had clips of the train section of our media video. I had to film suitable shots so we could use them for editing we managed to do this through a series of POV shots we also made use of fade-in shots and additive fades.
Construction Blog - Fourth Day of Editing
When it cam to the fourth day of editing we were editing sections of the clips we already had to tidy it up and also check for continuity. We had edited up to the end of the park section of the video. This meant we were up to the street section clips of our video.
Construction Blog -Third Day of Editing
On the third day of editing we sorted out the lip syncing clips to put into the music video. As we had shot the green screen section of the music video, we then used After effects to edit the clip so that we could have John displayed on the time lapse clip. We also cut up the other clips we had of the lip sync to suit the narrative of our music video.
-Ryan Miles-
-Ryan Miles-
Construction Blog - Fifth day of Editing
Now I was now ready to edit the road section of the video. The clips were pretty easy to edit as we had filmed in a linear fashion, we shot some walking shots which were easy to add into the video as we had the times already listed of when we had to edit certain sections.
I used the razor tool yet again to edit and tidy up the clips we had recorded, we then pieced them together and layered them over some clips so they were appropriate and looked professional. I had to select each clip and unlink them so i could cut the audio from the clips so the audio of the song can be heard clearly.
I had to time the clips so they matched the different sections of the video e.g. when the guitar is played it will change shot every time a different note is played.
-Ryan Miles-
I used the razor tool yet again to edit and tidy up the clips we had recorded, we then pieced them together and layered them over some clips so they were appropriate and looked professional. I had to select each clip and unlink them so i could cut the audio from the clips so the audio of the song can be heard clearly.
I had to time the clips so they matched the different sections of the video e.g. when the guitar is played it will change shot every time a different note is played.
-Ryan Miles-
Construction Blog - Second day of Editing
On the second day of editing we continued where we left off except we made some slight changes to the opening scene by adding some different shots in to improve the flow and look of the video. We are still keeping to the script and following the narrative story we have chosen to take.
On the scenes we edited some of them to be slowed down so they look more cinematic and express the opening to the music video better, we also used a fade from black to help introduce the opening to the video along with the artist information in text.
We cut and edited the clips to correspond with the flow of the music track so it doesn't look out of place and suits the narrative the song is portraying. We also used sped up a clip of the sky so it shows the progression into the night, as our video starts mid-day and then progresses to night. When it came to a certain part of the song we forgot to record one clip so we had to leave this blank for the time being until the third day of filming.
As before we had to unlink the video clips so they didn't contain audio from when we recorded otherwise it might have made the song unclear when people are listening as there would be background noise from wind, cars, talking etc. We left the audio levels and settings in there original state to the artists choice.
We used as before many fragmented shots and show us using double time where the footage will be layered over each other but translucent so two things can be scene at once on screen. This will help outline technique.
On the third day of filming we plan to film our green screen section of the song, where the background will be the time lapse. Providing that it maintains its professional look. However if the clip doesn't look right it doesn't affect us as it is optional on our script. We would however like to use it to outline our skill in editing and making a professional looking music video.
On the scenes we edited some of them to be slowed down so they look more cinematic and express the opening to the music video better, we also used a fade from black to help introduce the opening to the video along with the artist information in text.
We cut and edited the clips to correspond with the flow of the music track so it doesn't look out of place and suits the narrative the song is portraying. We also used sped up a clip of the sky so it shows the progression into the night, as our video starts mid-day and then progresses to night. When it came to a certain part of the song we forgot to record one clip so we had to leave this blank for the time being until the third day of filming.
As before we had to unlink the video clips so they didn't contain audio from when we recorded otherwise it might have made the song unclear when people are listening as there would be background noise from wind, cars, talking etc. We left the audio levels and settings in there original state to the artists choice.
We used as before many fragmented shots and show us using double time where the footage will be layered over each other but translucent so two things can be scene at once on screen. This will help outline technique.
On the third day of filming we plan to film our green screen section of the song, where the background will be the time lapse. Providing that it maintains its professional look. However if the clip doesn't look right it doesn't affect us as it is optional on our script. We would however like to use it to outline our skill in editing and making a professional looking music video.
Construction Blog - First Day of Editing
When it came to editing we found that skills learned from the previous year, had come into play. This meant that our knowledge of editing had further increased meaning we could show more advaced forms and techniques e.g our time lapse & greenscreen are things we werent capable of doing last year. Like last year we are still using Adobe Premiere CS4. However, we are also using after effects for the green screen we are still to shoot.
When I had to edit the first day of filming i found it easy to set up the sequence as we had filmed that day follwing the script this meant that the footage on the camera was rougly where it had to be from the beggining this meant I could simply import all the clips from that day into premiere i then procedded to drag and drop each scene after i had edited it e.g cutting certain bits out such as sound as the footage didnt need any audio as it was to be played alongside the audio track (Pierce the Veil - Falling asleep on a Stranger). This meant that every clip had to be 'Unlinked' which meant the clip was separated into Video file and Audio file.
I then cut the the videos audio and replaced it to that of the audio track we wanted from here we could align the video with the song, this is known as being in sync. This techniques is used in music videos often as well as big time movie producers as their cameras only record video footage, they have equipment that records and the pairs audio onscreen e.g Microphone. As we are buget this meant we had to do it this way.
To edit the individual clips in the sequence I used the razor tool this then sliced the section i wanted meaning it was now separate for me to use e.g move it, delete it, add transition, slow it down etc. In most cases for the clips i simply cut certain clips out as they were too long or had slight camera shakes at the beggining or end due to the record button being pressed to hard.
Another piece of editing we had to do was a time lapse this is where the camrea stays still on looking something that will change in time e.g the weather. We used this technique on the sky to show the progression from light to dark. I had self-taught myself this technique by experimenting with premiere when I came across a tool where I could speed up the indivual clip of choice so I made sure I would use this to my advantage when scripting the video.
I am still yet to add transition techniques and text introducing the song e.g who its by and who sung it etc.
Me and John Carrying the equipment to another location (First Day of Filming)
When I had to edit the first day of filming i found it easy to set up the sequence as we had filmed that day follwing the script this meant that the footage on the camera was rougly where it had to be from the beggining this meant I could simply import all the clips from that day into premiere i then procedded to drag and drop each scene after i had edited it e.g cutting certain bits out such as sound as the footage didnt need any audio as it was to be played alongside the audio track (Pierce the Veil - Falling asleep on a Stranger). This meant that every clip had to be 'Unlinked' which meant the clip was separated into Video file and Audio file.
I then cut the the videos audio and replaced it to that of the audio track we wanted from here we could align the video with the song, this is known as being in sync. This techniques is used in music videos often as well as big time movie producers as their cameras only record video footage, they have equipment that records and the pairs audio onscreen e.g Microphone. As we are buget this meant we had to do it this way.
To edit the individual clips in the sequence I used the razor tool this then sliced the section i wanted meaning it was now separate for me to use e.g move it, delete it, add transition, slow it down etc. In most cases for the clips i simply cut certain clips out as they were too long or had slight camera shakes at the beggining or end due to the record button being pressed to hard.
Another piece of editing we had to do was a time lapse this is where the camrea stays still on looking something that will change in time e.g the weather. We used this technique on the sky to show the progression from light to dark. I had self-taught myself this technique by experimenting with premiere when I came across a tool where I could speed up the indivual clip of choice so I made sure I would use this to my advantage when scripting the video.
I am still yet to add transition techniques and text introducing the song e.g who its by and who sung it etc.
Me and John Carrying the equipment to another location (First Day of Filming)
-Ryan Miles-
Construction Blog - Fourth Day of Filming
After the editing of day three, we saw that the night clips were poor in picture quality due to the lack of light. Moreover, there was also problems with certain parts of the lip sync as the flow didn't correspond with the songs timing this made the production value of our video look poor when compared with other previous scenes. This meant that Day four was mostly a re-shoot of Day three. This is our first mistake to do with filming.
However, with this knowledge we had to make sure we left enough time to film each scene time effectively as it gets dark very soon and will otherwise ruin our video's continuity
However, with this knowledge we had to make sure we left enough time to film each scene time effectively as it gets dark very soon and will otherwise ruin our video's continuity
Construction Blog: Unable to film due to snow
We were unable to film today as was planned due to the snow this would have clearly visible in the footage and would affect continuity and make the film look bad. we have decided to wait until the snow has stopped and melted so it is not visible in the shot. We plan on filming again in about a week as rthe snow should have cleared completely by then as it is not due to snow again.
Construction Blog - Third Day of Filming
On the third day of filming, we recorded the clips we needed for the green screen as well as the lip syncing shots for Sophie and John which will be processed and selected when it comes to editing to see whether they are suitable for the music video. We continued to film within the same environment (Park) for the lip sync however. the video is progressing towards the train station where the song and narrative will end.
Before filming, we made sure that we had the appropriate clothes so we continued to keep the continuity with the mise-en-scene. The setting was roughly the same as the previous days as we always made sure the ground was dry and the sky was fairly clear, this was in order for the audience not to notice any sudden changes e.g light scene to sudden, dark scene.
We also recorded the green screen section of our video. Here is where we recorded John lip syncing the whole song this meant that we were able to pick and choose the best parts for the editing. We did this as it gives us a choice for the green screen clips we needed to use. This will benefit us in editing as we can choose what we want to be lip synced.
We also recorded clips of Sophie and John lip syncing separately to help split up the narrative showing different places. We also recorded them together looking at each other saying a line of the verse each. We also recorded Johns phone so that the text is the same as the lyrics in the song. We first recorded the first part of the lip sync in the day (the phone text shot & John's day shot). We then shot some clips when it was dark of Sophie and John's lip sync.
Once the filming was done we were ready to pack up our stuff and continue to film another day as it had become to dark to film and our potential time to finish the narrative is at dark twilight. This is because we are filming the video outside it meant we are short on light and we want the video to be clear and easy to view.
Before filming, we made sure that we had the appropriate clothes so we continued to keep the continuity with the mise-en-scene. The setting was roughly the same as the previous days as we always made sure the ground was dry and the sky was fairly clear, this was in order for the audience not to notice any sudden changes e.g light scene to sudden, dark scene.
We also recorded the green screen section of our video. Here is where we recorded John lip syncing the whole song this meant that we were able to pick and choose the best parts for the editing. We did this as it gives us a choice for the green screen clips we needed to use. This will benefit us in editing as we can choose what we want to be lip synced.
We also recorded clips of Sophie and John lip syncing separately to help split up the narrative showing different places. We also recorded them together looking at each other saying a line of the verse each. We also recorded Johns phone so that the text is the same as the lyrics in the song. We first recorded the first part of the lip sync in the day (the phone text shot & John's day shot). We then shot some clips when it was dark of Sophie and John's lip sync.
Once the filming was done we were ready to pack up our stuff and continue to film another day as it had become to dark to film and our potential time to finish the narrative is at dark twilight. This is because we are filming the video outside it meant we are short on light and we want the video to be clear and easy to view.
Planning Blog - How to Lip Sync
This is a powerpoint presentation we made on how to lip sync and how professional music vidio directors edit the videos to make it appear as if the person on screen if saying the lyrics of the song etc. Below is a 'Prezie' which is free online software which enables people to view the powerpoint presentation on websites such as Blogger.
-Ryan Miles-
-Ryan Miles-
Construction Blog - Second Day of Filming
On the second day of filming, we picked off where we left off from the first day. We had filmed a fair amount of footage that we will be adding to our ongoing media project on premiere. When we edit we hope to have a fair amount the the footage done and lead us further into completing the video.
The organization of the day went rather well as we had planned the day for recording in advance e.g. we accounted for the weather which was roughly the same as our first day of filming we found this to be a convenience. Otherwise, there might have been a continuity error with the weather when changing scenes.
I had made a checklist of scenes and events that needed to happen I made sure that we followed this and didn’t miss anything out. We also followed the plan in a linear way(Start to finish). We also made use of props this day using photos and a beer can these show and explain the narrative. The photo was of the two characters while they were together to outline their current situation of being separated; we also used the beer can to outline how the male character is getting over the ex-girlfriend. This was done through the use of a series of close-ups and extreme close-ups.
However, some things that didn’t go well was the wind as it made everyone cold so we couldn’t show we were cold fortunately it didn’t affect the acting skills. The shots we used on this day again consisted of close up, extreme close up and medium shots and over the shoulder shots. We used the close up for the beer can opening and the sipping of the drink. The extreme close up to enhance the beer can being drunk and opened we also made use of this on the photo prop which shows our two main characters when they were still together.
We also used a can of beer as a prop and we used a medium, close-up and extreme close-up to help explain the narrative of John getting drunk to get over his ex-girlfriend. We also have some shots of the two main characters by themselves. using low angle shots etc.
We had to also keep in time the sunlight so that the video gradually got darker so all the shots had to be shot accordingly so that there weren't no continuity errors with the weather. We plan on the third day of filming to have the rest of the narrative shots and clips filmed and to have most of the lip-syncing shots to the video finished. We will continue to do this until the video is finished.
We also used a can of beer as a prop and we used a medium, close-up and extreme close-up to help explain the narrative of John getting drunk to get over his ex-girlfriend. We also have some shots of the two main characters by themselves. using low angle shots etc.
We had to also keep in time the sunlight so that the video gradually got darker so all the shots had to be shot accordingly so that there weren't no continuity errors with the weather. We plan on the third day of filming to have the rest of the narrative shots and clips filmed and to have most of the lip-syncing shots to the video finished. We will continue to do this until the video is finished.
Planning Blog - Media Technology
In order to do our assignment this year we had to involve a mixture of technology. Unlike last year when we only used a camcorder, this year we needed a camera for the still shots needed for the website and digipak we had to create.
The Camcorder
We used my own Sony CX-115E camcorder to record the music video we had created. The camera is capable of full HD and records in a AVCHD format. Due to the files of AVCHD format being a very compressed format (record format). I had to to convert the files into 'MPEG-2' as this meant Adobe Premiere could read the files without potential lag which can cause inconsistensy when in the editing process.
The Camcorder
We used my own Sony CX-115E camcorder to record the music video we had created. The camera is capable of full HD and records in a AVCHD format. Due to the files of AVCHD format being a very compressed format (record format). I had to to convert the files into 'MPEG-2' as this meant Adobe Premiere could read the files without potential lag which can cause inconsistensy when in the editing process.
The Camera
We used my Canon D20 SLR, to take pictures for the Digipak and for the website. The camera takes pictures using an 8Megapixel lense. We used the pictures taken and edited them in Photoshop for use on the website and the Digipak. We also used the camera to take pictures for the storyboard.
The Tripod
We used a standard tripod that i owned, we used this for the camcorder and the camera in order to keep it steady for specific shots and techniques in order to keep the production of our video looking professional.
We used a standard tripod that i owned, we used this for the camcorder and the camera in order to keep it steady for specific shots and techniques in order to keep the production of our video looking professional.
Monday, 2 January 2012
Planning Blog - Unable to film
Today we were suppose to film for our music video, but due to bad weather conditions we were unable to as we have previously filmed on very mild sunny days and today it is overcast and raining so we wouldn't be able to as it would have affected continuity plus the camera could have been damaged by the rain. We plan to film again next thursday if the weather is better. We have looked ahead at the weather for the week and it says that thursday will be be bright and mild which is perfect conditions to film in.
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