Adding Music Channel Logo

I have now added the smash hits music channel logo throughout my music video, this makes my music video look more realistic, after this I will then add the track name and artist name at the beginning on my music video like a real music video beginning.

Changing the Opacity Levels

With this shot I have put the shame shot twice and changed the opacity, so it shows it twice but him at different places. This shows him as being two different people. (Past & Present)

Adding Cross Fades

Throughout my music video I have used various cross fades between shots so they flow well together. These work really well when showing the shots of Summer spinning around, it looks like it is zooming in and out of different angles.

Replicating a shot

Today I have edited the chorus of my song with different effects. I have used the video filter replicate, so the shot is shown four times on the screen. I think this looks very effective and will make my music video stand out and be more interesting.

Converting to Black & White

I have decided to change some shots of my music video into black and white. The reason for this is I want to show an aspect of two different stories (Past & Present) and I would like the shots of the past in black and white as it resembles these shots well. I then want to chorus in colour as it will stand out and show that it is the present time.

Lip Syncing

Editing this lip syncing together was hard to match due to the lighting of the shot. I think I may need to edit the shot to make it brighter and easier to see. I have also used a cross dissolve the break up the two seperate shots.

Enlarging a shot using image & wide frame

After watching the shots of summer lip syncing I have decided to make the shot bigger so she fills the screen. This then makes the lip syncing look more clear and you can still see the background well.

Speeding up & Reversing Shots

I have decided speed up this shot of the couple walking so it matches the beat, I have then decided to repeat it again after but in reverse. To do this I have clicked modify, then speed. I have then experimented with different percentages of speed to see which fits best. After I have then copied this clip and changed it to reverse.

Editing my music video

As I now have good footage to use I have began to edit my music video together. I have used various different shots for different parts of the song. Using the green screen footage for the chorus.

On the chorus I have used a background of clouds that I have filmed. As these shots were quite dull I used the brightness tool to make them stand out more.I then edited these with an effect called Kaleidoscope. This effect makes the image look abstract and move around in different directions. I think this works really well with the song as they move to the beat.

I have then put the lip syncing over the top of these images using the effect Chroma Keyer to remove the green screen. I then also had to crop the image slightly due to the top of the green screen containg a black line, I had to do this very precise as when my actress moves I do not want parts of her head being cut out.

Throughout my video, I have used many different cross disolve video transitions to show an aspect of two different stories. The idea for this is to show the past and present of the couple.

For the beginning of I have used a long shot of both my actors walking towards the camera, this shot works well as it matches the beat in which they walk too. I have then used a cross disolve to show another shot of them walking together, this shots overlap showing them apart and together, I have done this my slightly changing the opacity levels.

Friday 9th March Film Shoot

Today I went to two locations with both of my cast members. The first location was just outside of Walkton, where there was a walk way of trees. Here I filmed various shots of both walking together, alone and also some aspects of lip syncing. The second location was the bandstand at pleasure park, I filmed many different shots in the bandstand and also on a bench. All shots that I filmed during this shoot worked very well and I have now began to edit some footage together.

Filming with the green screen

Today, I filmed various shots on the green screen of summer lip syncing the chorus of my track. I filmed many different shots such as high angles, low angles and close ups. I have now began to edit some of this footage together and I think it looks good and the different shots work well. For a first shoot of lip syncing the footage I filmed was excellent quality due to the extra lighting we used and I feel that I will not need to film this again.

Filming on Friday 9th March

I am arranging to begin filming on Friday with both of my cast members. I plan to film during period 3 and 4 on friday using the first lesson for the green screen shots and the outside shots during the 4th lesson. I already know what I would like my female character to wear from previous research but I will need to have an idea on what I want my male character to wear.

An idea I have is that the female character will be quite dressed up and for the male character to be very casual. Such as a plain t-shirt and jeans and the girl wearing something like a long top and leggings that looks very girly and spring like.

Below are some images of what I would like the male character to wear:

Using livetype

Today I began to practice using live type. so I can use this within my video. I decided to pick out one of the main lyrics from the song and also used other lyrics that would stand out. I think the effects I used will work well with the theme of my music video. However, once I begin filming I may decided to not use these lyrics but I know I have these to use.

Canceling filming due to weather

I planned to film outside today with my new cast. However, due to foggy weather conditions I have had to cancel. I will reschedule either in tomorrows lesson or next weeks double lesson. I will also talk to Summer to see when she has the same free study periods as me so we can plan to come and use the green screen for the chorus.