Editing: 17/01/13

Today the music video was finished and we decided the ask our peers for some feedback on the Final Cut and what they thought and if there was any finishing touches which could be made to make it the best it could possibly be. 

The only thing that could be changed was having the blue colour correction over the extreme close up shots of the main singer with his microphone, and each individual band member moving down the 'hallway/corridor'. 

So instead we have put the browny/green colour correction over these shots as the blue looked too over the top and the browny colour blends in a lot better with the rest of the video. So now the majority of the shots have the same colour correction, however the performance shots with the shadows in them (the balcony shots and the shot with the white wall behind it) have been left with the blue tint as it makes them stand out more against the others.

This shows the extreme close up shot of the main singer which did have blue over it but now has the browny/green. Also I have made it look like the end close up shots similar to this one, with quite a dark contrast, so that they match and look alike.

This image shows how I had to change the 'blacks' setting whilst colour correcting these performances shots. It was mainly the ones coming down the hallway which were too dark, therefore needed lightening up a slight amount by this setting.

These are some screen captures of the hallway shots of each individual band member, which were originally too dark and all need the blacks setting adjusted so there was still a slight amount of contrast there with the browny/greeny look however have been made a lighter.

Our music video is now ready to be exported and uploaded to Youtube!

Editing: 15/01/13

Today I went through each shot in the video and made sure that the colour correction was correct and visible in the shot. Some of them were still too blue or not blue enough, and the some of the narrative shots didn't look like they had any colour correction over the top of them.

In the outside beginning narrative shots we have put a browny/green colour over the top so it matches the wall and the ground and also the surroundings, I made sure that it was not too coloured but the colour correction is still noticeable.

In the performance shots where the band are on the balcony and in front of the white wall we have decided to keep with a blue colour correction, however have toned it down a bit so it is not too blue and so the shadows on the wall and ceiling stand out. We have kept it with this colour correction because there are no boxes in the background to distract the audience.

These outside shots with reddy/brown fence and wall have been colour corrected with the browny/green tint as well as the beginning narrative shots so that the colour theme/visual style is very similar throughout.

These are the shots where the background is very distracting and now have the same browny/green colour correction over them, which looks a lot better than having the blue because it blends in more with the narrative and isn't too different.

These shots where each individual band member is walking down the 'hallway' we have also left with a little bit of blue colour correction. I made sure that they were not too blue.

These shots at the end of the narrative were still too reddy/browny therefore I put more of a browny/green colour correction over them so that the match the rest of the outside shots.

Editing: 08/01/12 - 11/01/13

08/01/13

Today was the first day back to school after the Christmas break. I cracked straight onto the editing after taking into account every piece of feedback I could gather. First of all we received some feedback from other students in the class and they said that we should change the 'blue' tinted colour correction as it does not represent what we originally wanted the visual style to be like. Also we were told that the performance shots with the boxes behind the band should be a more browny/green colour to match the narrative, and also to take away the fact that the background is very distracting, so I tried this out and the result was better.

Also I tried the effect 'Light Rays' over the top of these shots as it gave a slight blur around the edges of the main focus point in the shot (the main singer or band) however I will need to receive some opinions on whether my peers think this is effective.

Here you can see that I have taken in to account what people fed back about the series of shots at the end of video, which was that there are too many and that they are too quick. So I have taken some out and dragged the ones left out a little bit so they are not to quick ad so that they make sense. I have also put a couple of performance shots in to break up some of the narrative shots.

11/01/13

Today I have imported the performance edit without any narrative in it, so I can incorporate more performance shots in to the video. I have gone through the whole video and where I thought that more performance could fit in I have put it in as we received some feedback that the audience would like to see more shots of the band. I have put in a sufficient amount without ruining the narrative.

You can see here that I have cut a part of the performance in between these 2 shots, as I decided that the second zoom in to the thief didn't look professional enough so I replaced it with a shot of one of the guitar players as he looks like he is really into the music, which makes it more believable. I have done this to a few other parts of the video so there is more evidence of the band playing.

Editing: 21/12/12

Today I finished all of the editing for just the Rough Cut so that we can put it on YouTube and social networking sites to receive feedback, so that when we come back after the Christmas break we can make any improvements which are needed.

As visible in the images above I have spent today going through every single shot and making sure there are none over the top of each other, and adding performance shots within the narrative. All of the shots on the top row are performance and I went through all of them and checked if I would need them in the narrative. If not I deleted them and made sure there were no gaps, which make black parts in the edit. 

All of the shots are in sequence and are in the correct time to the audio track.

These are screen shots of the video screen in my Final Cut Pro project, all of the narrative shots have black bars at the top and bottom, but the performance shots don't, meaning that they are different sizes. They change throughout the video depending on which shot is playing, but this will be fixed once I receive feedback.

Editing: 18/12/12 - 20/12/12

18/12/12

Today we connected together both the narrative and performance edit together on to one computer after editing them on different computers. We firstly did this by exporting the narrative edit and then importing the file into the same Final Cut Pro project, however as you can see above the narrative shots are all a smaller size than the performance shots so we will have to try and fix this.

This is the timeline showing the all the narrative shots on the top row, and where the gaps are the performance shots underneath will fill them.

19/12/12

Today I have spent a bit of time going through the narrative and fitting some performance shots in so there is not too much at one point, rather than it constantly switching between both. By doing this it will bring more of a variety to the video and keep the audience entertained at all times. 

On the top row of shots you can see the gaps, this is where the performance shots are going and will be played, so there are snippets of the performance throughout the narrative so it doesn't just look like a story.

20/12/12

Today I have gone through more of the narrative and where the large gaps are checked that the performance shots there are up to a high standard and all the lip syncing is looks good and believable.

Also I added a few more bits of performance in the narrative again so it will keeping cutting back to the band, making it more interesting.

These are a couple of the shots during the gaps, where the lip synching is very good and matches up perfectly, we made sure that the best performance shots would fill the gaps where there is no narrative at all.

Editing: 17/12/12

Today I finished editing the narrative together, and is ready to be put with the performance edit, so we can now edit them together to create our final rough cut. There are still a few gaps so I will have to make sure that we use the best performance shots here.

This is the timeline which shows that the edit goes right to the end of the audio track, and that there are not many gaps to be filled, however in some of the longer narrative shots I will add in some of the performance so that there is a variety throughout the whole video.

Here shows a collection of shots which are very fast paced and quick cuts which I believe go too quickly for the audience to understand what is happening. Therefore, once both of the edits are connected I may be able to sort this out so a couple of the shots go and then lengthen the others so it is easier to work out what is going on.

Editing: 14/12/12

Today I have carried on editing the narrative footage together. I have reached the part of the instrumental where there is the long chase, and I feel that this footage looks great! I have used the animatic as a guide where to put the shots in time to the music, however have changed some clips to fit slightly differently as they need a bit longer or shorter on the screen.

I have left a couple of short gaps in this edit, as they will be spaces for the best performance shots to fit in, they will not be left like this. At the moment I have changed and played around with the lengths of most of the narrative shots and have made them look the best they can, and this means there are a couple of gaps for now.

Editing: 11/12/12 - 13/12/12

11/12/12

Today, Beckie and I decided that I will work on the narrative edit and that she will be working on the performance edit. I had originally mulit clipped all of the performance shots ready to edit however was wiped from the computer when they had new software uploaded. So Beckie is starting this again.

I had to re-upload the narrative footage to begin to work on another computer. I have uploaded the audio track and gone through each of the clips and decided on the best footage possible to start to edit together.

13/12/12

I have now starting editing the first few clips, matching them up with the animatic and making sure all of the shots are in the correct time to the audio track. I have taken the sound off of the clips so that there is no background noise and all I can hear is the track to work with.

 

Some of the shots have been sped up, for example these 2 shots of the main character. They start at 100% which goes up or down depending on whether I have sped it up or slowed it down. The first one here is a lot faster on 229% and the other on 116%, only a little bit faster.

However this shot has been slowed down as I think it has a better impact when watched slower than it should be.