Editing Music Video Blog

       I have completed filming my music video.  I have taken steps to ensure that my music video has the best quality and looks presentable. The first step I have taken is re-shot scenes that I felt could have been shot better. The reason I did that was so that during the editing process I could have already prepared shots that I'm going to use. Another reason why I chose to do this is so I can limit the amount of time I spend editing. This is is proven because I spent less time editing than the previous times I have an edit. During the editing process, I created a schedule. The reason I created a schedule is so that I can limit the time that I spent editing. In this schedule, I listed the exact time each scene would happen. In this schedule, I picked a time the song will end. I also decided on which special effects, I will add during the editing process. These are all the steps that I took prior to editing to ensure smooth sailing during the editing process.
       The actual editing that took place was not difficult and was surprisingly easier than expected. The reason why I say this is because the first time I actually edit it was hard and difficult. Due to never. using pinnacle studios as well as not understanding the importance of editing. During this project I quite enjoyed editing and that is because of the prior knowledge I had on editing as well as knowing the process. Furthermore, the first step I took during editing was combined with all the scenes that I was going to use in one video. After that, I cut all the scenes to be shorter, at least six seconds each except the lip-syncing ones. To the introduction scenes, I added a black screen after each scene. The reason was to make a smoother transition between scene to scene. a jump cut was also added.  I also darkened the brightness of each scene. I also added the effect of making the video look like it was shot on an old camera. Lastly, I added the music and cut it to match my video and the lip-syncing. The editing process was simple and didn't require much time and effort. The reason for that is because I had previously planned out everything that would be in the video.  However, I did run into some complications.
         As previously mentioned the editing process did not run entirely smooth. There were three major complications. This first complication was the music and what I believe to be the most time-consuming. The reason why the music was so complicated is that every time that I would try and download the song "Hostage" it wouldn't download. Due to that, it made me waste time because I had to keep asking people for help until I finally decided to use another computer. Another reason why music was so difficult was because I had to cut it to match the lip-syncing parts. The second complication was adding the black screen. The last complication was adding special effects. For me to able to do that I had to look on youtube and see how to do it. Even though I had complications I still believe that my music video encapsulated the message within the song. 

Filming Music Video Blog #2

   Over the course of the past Thanksgiving break, I have filmed my entire Music Video. I played the actor as well as director, with assistance from my family members.   Few things were changed that strayed from the original idea. The first change that strayed from the original idea was the location of the music video. Originally the idea was to film the music video at a motel however the place that I had asked prior permission did not have any more available rooms. So the only option left was to do the backup a concept which was the empty room at my peers' house. However, even though I used a different location I still believe I created a decent product.  Another thing that changed was the props. The props that were not used were chains and the handcuffs however tape and rope were still used. Another thing that was changed was that I also used paint to resemble blood.
     The first scenes that were shot were the introduction scenes. Those scenes were the hardest and took most of the time while shooting. The first intro scene was the easiest to film. Since I was the actor it consisted of me walking into the room with tape covering my mouth as well as binding my hands together. Then it was me falling down against the wall slowly It was filmed at a tilt. The second intro scene that I shot was an establishing shot of the entire room. Another intro shot that I also filmed was a pan of me doing nothing. I also filmed a close-up. Another one of the intro scenes that I filmed was a long shot. The last intro scenes were me moving around imitating the song. I also filmed multiple shots of all these scenes so I can have a variety of shots to choose from.
   The second most important scenes were the lip-syncing scene. I did multiple versions of lip-syncing the song hostage.  The first lip-syncing scene that I shot was a close up me lip-syncing. The second lip-syncing scene that I did was also a close-up but in this shot, I was doing head movements that matched the song. Other lip-syncing scenes that I shot was a medium close up as well a long shot with just my lips moving. I reshot these scenes about 3 or 4 times each. I also did a lip-sync scene with paint that is supposed to resemble blood. I also filmed this shot 4 times as well. Then I shot the bathtub scene. The first scene that I shot in the bathroom was a sort of an establishing shot of me in the bathtub. Also, I shot a scene where the camera comes toward me and I look at the camera. I also shot multiple scenes of me lip-syncing in the bathtub. All these things occurred during the filming process