Production Journal

Editing/ Final Scene Filming





Last weeks I finished the filming of the last scenes of the narrative. I also did the corrections gained from  the feedback and last bits of effects editing. However I found a small gap towards the end of my footage, and there was no appropriate footage, as it was the final drum solo leading into guitar.

So this friday, I will have to re-film the last section, during the bands practice session and then slot that into the footage and do the colour changing edit onto the footage. Also during the bands practice, I will take final pictures of the band members performing to put into the middle of the digipack.

After I have done this, I will do one more screening to my peers, with digipack and poster, to see the overall effect before, I say that this product is finished. I will also produce a questionnaire to gain some final feedback afterwards, to make appropriate changes.

Test Edit 3/Analysis

Here is my second test edit for my music video which I have screened to the class for their feedback so far and make any alterations before I submit my final edit.

I still have some shots of the narrative to place into this edit. Which involve the band in detention, and then it will cut to the performance sequence. and it will keep flicking backwards and forwards, between the main performance and the lead signer in the narrative.

I also need to re-animate the logo, so it had a more fluid motion, and has a better quality of picture. But also to give it a more edgy look so it fits in with the rest of the video.

I also need to re-adjust some of the footage as the singing is out of sync a little in some parts.
I also need to do a bit more editing like i did with the solos towards the end of the footage, making it more diverse and a little more exciting. The feedback also give suggested that all of the footage, should be black and white except the last part of the music video.

Also at the beginning of the footage, I need to age the song title and the band name, but this can be added on at the end, I also need to make the logo at the end fade a little better to make the end come to the conclusion.

If I have time I might do a little more filming, to add the slamming of doors at the end of the music video and have a still image of a clock, displaying the time '4.30' stating that the band have gone home drawing a conclusion at the end of the narrative and to the video.

I also might add a few more split screens to give different shots in the music video.

FeedBack Sheets 2- Music Video Screening

Poster Idea 1

Here is an idea that I will be working with for my poster, I stead of having one with just all the band, I will have multiple ones, for each band member and one with the band together as a group. This is to promote each individual member and their identities in the band. So the audience can make a better connection to who they are but also distinguish them better. 

Test Edit 2/ Analysis

Alterations to make:

Here is the first full test edit for my music. There are still some alterations I want to make, including adding some footage of the lead singer in detention, to highlight rebellions against the institution against the school. But also an image of them standing all together in a line up with the word detention to highlight the similarities between school life and a penitentiary.

There are also edits I want to the footage I have already added to this test edit specifically, add some more colour variations between sets of footage. To highlight the different shots between band members, and enhance their overall identity in the music video.

I also want to add more splits screens at the end, with each of the band members in each corner and the lead singer in the middle, to finally highlight the persona of the band.

Analysis of what I have done so far:

I have used specifically black and white footage, to reference the desaturation of identity and demoralization that school can bring to individual children. Making them conform to society consensus norms and values. But it is also to reinforce the old school style of music videos, that are also performance based.

There is a section where I have used 3 split screens at the same time, of the lead singer in close up, when he beings to sing the first verse. This is to highlight who the lead singer is and the edgy-ness of this video . I have also used another split screen (at the beginning) of close ups of the lead guitar, to highlight the genre of the music video and that this video will be mostly performance base.

In a section before the chorus. I have used the crop tools to zoom in at different points during a section of the footage, which acts like a cut effect, to give the video a more edgy effect and gets the audience in suspense of the chorus.  I have also used flash transitions in the program I have to make the cuts more dramatic at the beginning, with the intro, which has a heavy, rocky base line.

I have also used different shots of the lead singer, moving along to the guitar and drum solos, to highlight the head banging associated with the genre, but also to make a link between visuals and the music.

Journal- More Print Screens

A screen shot of editing a section of clip, where I used the crop tool, to make a zoom effect into the lead singer. To give a quick cut effect, which was effective when the chorus was about to begin. I also at points used the zoom tool, so that it zoomed into the video without blurring. This is specifically for the chorus so the audience have to focus their attention onto the lead singer. Therefore enhancing the close up. 

Above is a screen shot of the multiple split screen of the lead singer, Jordan. To highlight the lead singer of the band, and give an edge to the music video. 

The screenshot above, shows all the layers, which I have used to differentiate, between different sections, like the lead singer, and drums. This was to make editing easier, so if the sections was missing I  could easily identify what it was and what i needed to replace it with.  

Journal

Last Friday, I did my final performance shooting with the band. It worked really well as I used two cameras positioned in different positions, to get different view points of the band. This is to give the video more perspective of the performance shots so the audience do not get board of the same camera angle. Is also to increase the edgy-ness of the video, and refer to the genre of the video.

(Above is a screen shot of the split screen, I created of a close up of the lead guitarists guitar, to highlight the genre of the music video, early on.)

I am currently also half way through editing my music video, so far there have been no problems with the correlation of the visuals of the main singer performing to the lyrics of the recording. I have give the performance a black and white effect to differentiate between the performance and the acting/narrative scenes, this is another way to stop the audience getting bored with the video.







Due to previous commitments of the band I have had to reschedule the minor acting scenes and the photo shoot till after christmas, but this is not a major issue. As theses shots can be filmed in a short period time after school. The photo shoot I have reschedule to take place during lunch time on the monday back at school after my lesson. Most of my digipack has been completed I just need the last 3 pictures to be edited and put on there.