Day 6 Filming and Editing

Editing Part One:

In today's lesson we started to carry on editing all of the clips that we have got to see which ones we could improve and so on. One thing that hasn't been right is the change in music as it seems to have been moved accidently. Alicia, managed to cut the music at a better point to make the music overall flow better and sound more effective. However, this did mean that we added an extra amount onto the song meaning we had gaps of clips that we needed to film. Having split the shots of the chalk writing last lesson we decided to split this further to make it last for a longer amount of time. We tried making some shots longer but we realised that we had to much of a gap to fill at the end. We decided to go back on our original idea of having a reverse near the end of all of the shots that we have got. Furthermore, we still had quite a few little gaps throughout the music video so we came up with the idea of a few things. The first idea was using some more chalk and the other was some scenic views.

Filming:

As we had roughly 4 small gaps to fill we decided to get some more chalk and draw a few love hearts around the school which would look effective in the video. One of the mainly successful shots that I was extremely happy with was a behind the shoulder shot of Alicia drawing a love heart on a tree and the sun glistening in front of her. Furthermore, we decided to shoot a few scenic views of Alicia standing which will look good for the quick shot changes of location. We also did a good shot on a bench which again will look effective as it can be used with a quick shot change.

Editing Part Two:

Once we had filmed the extra shots we imported them onto final cut pro and started to add them to the gaps that we had. Overall, we are very happy with the way that these shots look and happy that they flow with the rest of the shots we have. At the end of the day I wasn't able to stay so Alicia stayed and edited the reverse clip at the end of the video and informed me that it looks really good.

Alicia managed to sort the music edit out and make it sound like it flows better and it sounds easier to watch.

Next lesson, we will be making small adjustments that need to be made and looking over any shot that we think may need to be brightened and stabilized. (mainly the shots in London and the shots with both Alicia and Matthew.)