Editing Blog

The editing process went smoother than last time. Last time we were editing the computer software was down and we had to push the project back. Not only did that happen, but I was not there in order to help my group. I was there for some of the shots, but I did not get to play my part in the editing process. This time we will all have a chance to play a part in the editing process. For the editing process we have decided to insert some transitions. We did this to make it seem like it just switched to the next scene. It blends the scenes together and makes it look like an actual music video. This is because many other music videos include switching from scene to scene. This also means that we are going along with one of the editing conventions for music videos. 

    We had to cut some of the videos. We did this because some of them were too long and it would make the video past the time limit. Another reason we cut some of them was to cut out the unnecessary parts in the shots that we were taking. Such as me saying start before us filming or us discussing the details while the camera was still rolling. Another thing we did was try to make sure the shots matched the part of the song that would be playing. We did this by playing the music on our phones while filming and this helped us know which part of the song goes where. Since we recorded this on our phones we could just mute the sound on the laptop and listen to which part of the song goes to which shot on our phones. This makes the process easier because we don’t have to keep taking sound off the shot and putting it back on to make sure that it is the right shot for the music. This makes the music video look well rehearsed. This makes our video look like a real music video. 

    We had to download the music through an MP3. We did this so that we can save the music on the computer just in case anything happens to the audio. We also downloaded the clean version. We did this because our teacher told us it had to be school appropriate. Even though the song Skywalker is school appropriate, it has some parts that are not. This means that we have to download the clean version, so there is no profanity or inappropriate speech. We put all of the shots and music on a flash drive for the safety reason as well. We sped some of the shots up to make the video look like an actual music video. In normal music videos they have some shots that are slowed down. This shows that we go against the music video convention in the sense of speeding the video up. However, we are trying to find some shots that will be slowed down to match that convention as well. All of this will make our music video look like a real video. 

Intro to Music Video -Research Blog

We finished filming and editing the commercial and are now starting the music video. For the commercial the story board process did not go so well for us because we kept changing the story later on. This time we are going to follow the story board directly. We know what we want to do and have agreed to stick on this path. The editing process went good for us by us knowing what we wanted to edit and being able to do it in a timely manner. We did not do a good job of making sure we had our materials and our time management skills were not good. This time we are already getting our materials so that the same thing does not happen again. For our time management skills we are planning everything ahead of time to make sure that there are no set backs. We have even picked places to record the video and a day to record the video. We are trying to make sure that none of the mistakes that happened last time is going to happen again.

The song that we are using is Sky Walker by Miguel. We are using this song because this is a very chill song that you can vibe to and that is what we were looking for. We can all relate to this song and we love the energy that it gives off. We like the chillness and we believe that we can really connect with this song. Not only can we connect with this song, but we also have a good story to go with the song. We instantly had ideas when we heard this song and that made us want to do this song even more. We all agree that this song is the best choice for us.

CLAMPS:

1. Costume: Casual clothing, party attire, formal attire

2. Lighting: Dim, low lighting. high lighting

3. Acting: Dancing, conversations, choreography

4. Makeup: Every women had on makeup

5. Props: Glasses, cash, shopping bag

6. Setting: Car, beach, house

We are going to use different types of sound for this music video. The sounds that we will use are: score, ambient sound, and no sound. For the editing process we have decided on using different transitions.The transitions that we will use are going to be: flash pan, cut away, dissolve, and fade in. We are going to use different types of camera angles and movements. We will use a shot-reverse shot, eye-line match, and a reaction shot. We will also use a long shot, medium long shot, close up, two shot, aerial shot, over-the-shoulder shot, tracking shot, and hand-held shot. These different shots will help us make our music video more efficient. 

Filming Blog #2

     My group and I went filming on thanksgiving weekend. One of my group mates, Kaliyah, picked me up from work. She picked me up at 2:30 and then our group mates, Shania and Kerin, met us at Galleria mall where we commenced making our video. Kerin was a little late so we had to use the boy Kaliyah was baby sitting to replace her for the first shot. For that first shot we will have to remake it because it did not have the effect that we wanted it to have. We have plans on remaking it on Tuesday after school. We will wear the same clothes that we had on that weekend in order to keep the costumes part of the scene right. The scene was us in the car vibing out to the song. We want to make it seem like a vlog and then the song starts playing and we start jamming to it. This gives the scene the surreal look of a group of friends hanging out while listening to some chill music.

     After we did that shot we did the shot on the escalator. We did a shot of us going up the escalator and then did one going down the escalator. We then went inside of the mall to Holister and I filmed them shopping for different clothes. We went back inside of Macy’s and filmed everyone coming out of the bathroom with different clothes on to show that we were going out. The next shot would be at the beach. Kaliyah, Kerin and myself went to the beach in one car while Shania went with her sister. In the car we played the music on the radio and acted like we were doing a vlog on our phones. This made it seem like we were just taking a video to show that we were together. I took a video of the scenery while Kaliyah was driving to establish the change of scenery. We found a place to park after about 10 minutes and Shania met us there. 

     When Shania met us there we went on to the beach and filmed a couple different shots. We filmed us with a speaker drinking water and dancing to the music. Me and Shania ran on the sand towards the water for another shot. This was to show that we were having fun at the beach. I filmed Shania and Kaliyah throwing up sand and talking to each other, while Kerin set up the music. I then filmed all of them together while the music was playing, incorporating the music portion into the video. After doing all of these things we took another vlog of us saying goodbye to one another and then we all went home after that. We made sure to send each other the videos in the group chat that we have and then send it to our emails. We had to do it this way because Kaliyah forgot that the camera needed to be charged. This caused her to start charging it an hour before we had to meet and the camera only had 6 minutes of battery life. The battery life did not lost because the camera was kept open the entire time we were driving. We all just made the decision to record it on our phones, send it to our emails, and then insert it into the computer to edit it that way.