Editing Blog For Music Video

    On Tuesday Lesly, Anyeska, Britania and I all worked on editing our music video. It took up the majority of our class time, and unfortunately, the editing process did not go well. Although we were able to dump all the footage from the SD card to the desktop, it took a while to view each scene we would use and for the computer to handle the download size. Eventually, we were able to finish the downloading process and save it all into Google Drive. After this, Lesly found and downloaded The Lazy Song, by Bruno Mars onto the computer. Once it was ready to edit, we opened Pinnacle Studios and imported the footage and audio into the program. From there, we edited the raw footage. It was difficult to do this because the preview of a scene (on the right side of the screen) would lag and slow down the computer. Thus, it took some time to figure out the different scenes just by their image, when we tried to match it to the lyrics. Since I wasn’t going to be at school for the rest of the week due to a family emergency, I had to rely on my group to finish the editing.

    Although the first day we edited while I was still at school this is what happened. Due to the fact that our class time was running short, we were only able to begin editing the first scene. First, Anyeska used a razor blade icon to split the first scene because it was too long and unnecessary. We thought to detach the audio from the shot, but it helped to match the first lyrics to our dance. Since the background sound was the actual song, we wanted to dance or act out each scene with a reference and to potentially benefit us while editing. There was lots of difficulty trying to place the first scene as soon as the initial lyrics: "Today I don't feel like doing anything" started. Apparently, Pinnacle Studios uses a magnetic timeline, in which any clip you drag and drop into the timeline snaps to any existing clips. None of us knew that you can turn that function off, so that was a real struggle. All of us tried to fix it or get the scene to where we wanted it, but none of us could figure it out. With little time left, we decided to end our editing process. Now I would have to rely on my group mates to finish it next class. Unfortunately, after Anyeska saved the music video she deleted the footage from the desktop, thinking that she wouldn’t need it, but it backfired and ended up disabling the footage from pinnacle studios. She ended up solving the problem even though it took up five minutes of editing time.

    These are editing techniques the group planned to use in the music video. Some include adding a title screen, subtitles, cropping footage, and a fade-in/out. Hopefully next class they will have a much easier time editing. We wanted to make sure while editing that the vision we saw would come to life and all members were happy. I hope editing will be successful for them. Yes, it was hard at first, but Anyeska told me Lesly and Brit seemed to be experienced and ready to edit our footage. The only type of sound we planned to use in the music video is background music. The camera movements and angles we used were: High angle, tilt shot, pan shot, long shot, medium close up shot, over the shoulder, point of view, zoom in/out. My group mates have informed me all of these editing techniques will be used while editing our music video. They will try to finish editing so it comes in between one minute and five seconds to a minute and fifteen. To end with, my group mates and I will create a fun and interesting music video that will excite, engage, entertain, and fill audiences.

Filming Blog #2 For Music Video

      Last weekend on Sunday, I joined with my group members to finish filming our music video. The time we met was initially going to be 12 PM, but we decided to meet at Anyeska’s house around 1:30 PM because we didn’t have much left to film. At first, we had four scenes left to film. However, we ended up breaking the storyboard and switching over to new ideas. We only had to film one scene on Sunday, which was our very last scene of the music video. Scene six and seven from the storyboard were merged together into one scene, breaking the storyboard. Scene twelve from the storyboard had to be changed in order to fit the idea we had in mind. Instead of filming a long shot of me kicking my socks off then laying on the couch, Anyeska filmed an extreme close up shot of her kicking her shoes off. It was Britania’s idea to show someone taking off their shoes while saying the lyrics stated, “‘Cause today I swear I’m not doing anything”. This would imply that someone was not going to just walk out their house barefoot and walk to a store or somewhere public. The changes made to the storyboard were done the day before Saturday.
      To continue, scenes thirteen through fifteen were completely changed up on Sunday. We merged the three scenes together, making them one scene. We also cut our actions short. In scene thirteen, our initial idea was to throw up paper confetti and lay on the floor. Then, in fourteen the last scene would be someone covering the camera with their hand. Instead, we went against the storyboard again. We decided to throw the paper confetti upwards, then everyone else except me would huddle in a circle and cheer happily while they jumped in the air. I would then walk away from the group and cover the camera with my hand. Anyeska’s mom was behind the camera for the previously described scene. The camera angle was a medium shot. After this, the music video was called to an end. I felt relieved, so after this we all went out to have fun.
      All in all, filming was successful. I enjoyed working with Anyeska, Britania, Lesly, and Nick. We were really careful and decisive about how we wanted to film the music video. Everyone stayed focused and was really involved since we all had at least three scenes. We all played a huge part in the music video. To add on, we filmed in five different settings around Anyeska’s house, and everyone had a chance to operate the camera. We all actively contributed to the music video as a team. I felt as though I learned a lot about working with others and handling a camera. It was really fun to create something that’s your own. I am happy that I got to work with my friends because it was a great educational experience. I look forward to working with the same people for every other projects or tasks that come along the way.